Proverbs 10:15-17

The Message

¹⁵The wealth of the rich is their security;
the poverty of the indigent is their ruin.

¹⁶The wage of a good person is exuberant life;
an evil person ends up with nothing but sin.

¹⁷The road to life is a disciplined life;
ignore correction and you’re lost for good.

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.

The Message (MSG)

New International Version (NIV)