14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is a present destruction.

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.

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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.

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