Proverbs 10:15-17

New Life Version

¹⁵The riches of a rich man are his strength, but the need of the poor is what destroys them.

¹⁶The pay earned by those who are right with God is life, but the sinful are paid by being punished.

¹⁷He who listens to teaching is on the path of life, but he who will not listen to strong words goes the wrong way.

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.

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