Proverbs 13:7-8

Authorized (King James) Version

⁷There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing:
there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

⁸The ransom of a man’s life are his riches:
but the poor heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 13:7-8

New International Version

⁷One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;^(A)
another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.^(B)

⁸A person’s riches may ransom their life,
but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.^(C)

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

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

²²A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children:
and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

²²A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,
but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.^(A)

Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.

New International Version (NIV)