Wealth(A) is worthless in the day of wrath,(B)
    but righteousness delivers from death.(C)

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Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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16 A kindhearted woman gains honor,(A)
    but ruthless men gain only wealth.

17 Those who are kind benefit themselves,
    but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.

18 A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
    but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.(B)

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16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

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28 Those who trust in their riches will fall,(A)
    but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.(B)

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28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

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11 Dishonest money dwindles away,(A)
    but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.

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11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

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16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great wealth with turmoil.(A)

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16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

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27 The greedy bring ruin to their households,
    but the one who hates bribes will live.(A)

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27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

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A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;
    they think success will come at every turn.(A)

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A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

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17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet,(A)
    but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.(B)

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17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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21 An inheritance claimed too soon
    will not be blessed at the end.

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21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

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The plans of the diligent lead to profit(A)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.[a](B)

The violence of the wicked will drag them away,(C)
    for they refuse to do what is right.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

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14 A gift given in secret soothes anger,
    and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.(A)

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14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

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Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)

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Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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