Proverbs 10:13-16

New International Version

¹³Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,^(A)
but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.^(B)

¹⁴The wise store up knowledge,^(C)
but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.^(D)

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

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

Proverbs 10:13-16

King James Version

¹³In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

¹⁴Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

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

¹⁶The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

¹³Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has understanding,
But ^(A)a rod is for the back of him who ^[a]is devoid of understanding.

¹⁴Wise people store up knowledge,
But ^(B)the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

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

¹⁶The labor of the righteous leads to ^(D)life,
The wages of the wicked to sin.

New International Version (NIV)