Proverbs 10:15-17

Modern English Version

¹⁵The rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

¹⁶The labor of the righteous tends to life,
the fruit of the wicked to sin.

¹⁷He who keeps instruction is in the way of life,
but he who refuses reproof errs.

Proverbs 10:15-17

New International Version

¹⁵The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,^(A)
but poverty is the ruin of the poor.^(B)

¹⁶The wages of the righteous is life,^(C)
but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.^(D)

¹⁷Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,^(E)
but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

Modern English Version (MEV)

New International Version (NIV)