Proverbs 10:15
New Living Translation
15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
Proverbs 10:15
Legacy Standard Bible
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 13:8
Legacy Standard Bible
8 The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,
But the poor hears no rebuke.
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 15:16
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:16 Or reverence
Proverbs 16:8
New Living Translation
8 Better to have little, with godliness,
than to be rich and dishonest.
Proverbs 16:8
Legacy Standard Bible
8 Better is a little with righteousness
Than great produce with injustice.
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 28:27
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:27 Lit hides
Proverbs 29:7
New Living Translation
7 The godly care about the rights of the poor;
the wicked don’t care at all.
Proverbs 29:7
Legacy Standard Bible
7 The (A)righteous knows the cause of the poor,
The wicked does not understand that knowledge.
Proverbs 29:14
New Living Translation
14 If a king judges the poor fairly,
his throne will last forever.
Proverbs 29:14
Legacy Standard Bible
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