Proverbs 10:15
English Standard Version
15 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city;
the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
Proverbs 10:15
New Living Translation
15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
Proverbs 13:8
English Standard Version
8 The ransom of a man's life is his wealth,
but a poor man (A)hears no threat.
Proverbs 13:8
New Living Translation
8 The rich can pay a ransom for their lives,
but the poor won’t even get threatened.
Proverbs 15:16
English Standard Version
16 (A)Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure and trouble with it.
Proverbs 15:16
New Living Translation
16 Better to have little, with fear for the Lord,
than to have great treasure and inner turmoil.
Proverbs 16:8
English Standard Version
8 (A)Better is a little with righteousness
than great revenues with injustice.
Proverbs 16:8
New Living Translation
8 Better to have little, with godliness,
than to be rich and dishonest.
Proverbs 28:27
English Standard Version
Proverbs 28:27
New Living Translation
27 Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing,
but those who close their eyes to poverty will be cursed.
Proverbs 29:7
English Standard Version
7 A righteous man (A)knows the rights of the poor;
a wicked man does not (B)understand such knowledge.
Proverbs 29:7
New Living Translation
7 The godly care about the rights of the poor;
the wicked don’t care at all.
Proverbs 29:14
English Standard Version
Proverbs 29:14
New Living Translation
14 If a king judges the poor fairly,
his throne will last forever.
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