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Proverbs 10:14-16
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 10:14-16
New Catholic Bible
14 Wise men store up knowledge,
but the mouth of a fool precipitates ruin.
15 The wealth of the rich man is his stronghold;
the poverty of the lowly is his undoing.[a]
16 The reward of the righteous leads to life;
the gains of the wicked lead to sin.[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:15 This verse states an obvious fact of human life: money is power and poverty is powerlessness; but the author does not approve of this fact. It is true that wealth brings friends (Prov 14:20; 19:4) and power (Prov 18:23; 22:7), while poverty has no influence (Prov 18:23), no friends (Prov 19:4, 7), and no security. However, the only real security is found in God (Ps 52:7-10).
- Proverbs 10:16 The gains of the wicked lead to sin: and the corollary to this is Paul’s dictum: “The wages of sin is death” (Rom 6:23).
