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People’s riches serve as ransom for their lives,
    but the poor do not even hear a threat.[a]
The light of the just gives joy,
    but the lamp[b] of the wicked goes out.(A)
10 The stupid sow discord by their insolence,
    but wisdom is with those who take counsel.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:8 Related to v. 7. Possessions enable the wealthy to pay ransom but the poor are “protected” by lack of possessions: they never hear the threat of the pursuer. Cf. the use of the word “threat” in Is 30:17.
  2. 13:9 Light…lamp: symbols of life and prosperity; cf. 4:18–19.

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

The light of the righteous shines brightly,
    but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.(B)

10 Where there is strife, there is pride,
    but wisdom is found in those who take advice.(C)

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