Proverbs 10:15-17

New Century Version

¹⁵Having lots of money protects the rich,
but having no money destroys the poor.

¹⁶Good people are rewarded with life,
but evil people are paid with punishment.

¹⁷Whoever accepts correction is on the way to life,
but whoever ignores correction will lead others away from life.

Proverbs 10:15-17

New International Version

¹⁵The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,^(A)
but poverty is the ruin of the poor.^(B)

¹⁶The wages of the righteous is life,^(C)
but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.^(D)

¹⁷Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,^(E)
but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

New Century Version (NCV)

New International Version (NIV)