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15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.(A)

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15 The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength;
    the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life,
    but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.

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The ransom of the life of a man is his wealth,
    but the poor does not receive a threat.

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16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great treasure and trouble with it.(A)

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16 Better is little with the fear of Yahweh
    than great treasure and trouble with it.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:16 Or “him”

Better is a little with righteousness
    than large income with injustice.

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Better is little with righteousness
    than great income with no justice.

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27 Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing,
    but one who turns a blind eye will get many a curse.(A)

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27 For he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking,
    but for he[a] who turns his eyes, there are many curses.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:27 Hebrew “those”

The righteous know the rights of the poor;
    the wicked have no such understanding.(A)

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The righteous knows the case of the poor,
    but the wicked does not understand knowledge.

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14 If a king judges the poor with equity,
    his throne will be established forever.(A)

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14 A king who judges with truthfulness to the poor,
    his throne will be established forever.

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