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Proverbs 13:6-8
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 13:6-8
New American Standard Bible
6 Righteousness (A)guards the [a]one whose way is blameless,
But wickedness brings the [b]sinner to ruin.
7 There is one who (B)pretends to be rich but has nothing;
Another pretends to be (C)poor, but has great wealth.
8 The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth,
But the poor hears no rebuke.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:6 Lit blamelessness of way
- Proverbs 13:6 Lit sin
Proverbs 13:6-8
King James Version
Proverbs 13:6-8
King James Version
6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
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Proverbs 13:6-8
New International Version
Proverbs 13:6-8
New International Version
6 Righteousness guards the person of integrity,
but wickedness overthrows the sinner.(A)
7 One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;(B)
another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.(C)
8 A person’s riches may ransom their life,
but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.(D)
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