Proverbs 14:31-33

Easy-to-Read Version

³¹Whoever takes advantage of the poor insults their Maker, but whoever is kind to them honors him.

³²The wicked will be defeated by their evil, but good people are protected by their honesty.^[a]

³³A wise person is always thinking wise thoughts, but a fool knows nothing about wisdom.

Proverbs 14:32 Or “The wicked will be crushed by their evil, and those who hope for their destruction are right to do so.”

Proverbs 14:31-33

New International Version

³¹Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,^(A)
but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.^(B)

³²When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,^(C)
but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.^(D)

³³Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning^(E)
and even among fools she lets herself be known.^[a]

Proverbs 14:33 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

New International Version (NIV)