Proverbs 10:14-16

New Life Version

¹⁴Wise men store up learning, but the foolish will be destroyed with their mouths.

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.

Proverbs 10:14-16

New International Version

¹⁴The wise store up knowledge,^(A)
but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.^(B)

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

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

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