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Proverbs 10:14-16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Proverbs 10:14-16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 The wise store up knowledge,
but the mouth of a fool is imminent ruin.
15 The wealth of the rich is their strong city;
the ruin of the poor is their poverty.[a]
16 The labor of the just leads to life,
the gains of the wicked, to futility.[b](A)
Footnotes
- 10:15 An observation rather than a moral evaluation of wealth and poverty; but cf. 18:10–11.
- 10:16 Wages are a metaphor for reward and punishment. The Hebrew word does not mean “sin” here but falling short, a meaning that is frequent in Proverbs. Cf. Rom 6:1: “But what profit did you get then from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.”
Proverbs 10:14-16
New International Version
Proverbs 10:14-16
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