Proverbs 13:6-8

New International Version

⁶Righteousness guards the person of integrity,
but wickedness overthrows the sinner.^(A)

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

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

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Proverbs 13:6-8

New King James Version

⁶^(A)Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless,
But wickedness overthrows the sinner.

⁷^(B)There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing;
And one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

⁸The ransom of a man’s life is his riches,
But the poor does not hear rebuke.

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Proverbs 13:6-8

New American Standard Bible

⁶Righteousness ^(A)guards the ^[a]one whose way is blameless,
But wickedness brings the ^[b]sinner to ruin.
⁷There is one who ^(B)pretends to be rich but has nothing;
Another pretends to be ^(C)poor, but has great wealth.
⁸The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth,
But the poor hears no rebuke.