15 The rich man’s goods are his [a]strong city: but the fear of the needy is their poverty.

16 The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: but the revenues of the wicked to sin.

17 He that regardeth instruction is in the way of life: but he that refuseth correction, goeth out of the way.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:15 And so maketh him bold to do evil, whereas poverty bridleth the poor from many evil things.

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

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

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

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