Righteousness preserveth the upright of [a]life: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

There is that maketh himself rich, and hath nothing, and that maketh himself poor, having great riches.

A man will give his riches for the ransom of his life: but the poor [b]cannot hear the reproach.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:6 Hebrew, way.
  2. Proverbs 13:8 For his poverty, he is not able to escape the threatenings, which the cruel oppressors use against him.

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