One person pretends to be rich but has nothing;(A)
another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth.(B)

Riches are a ransom for a person’s life,(C)
but a poor person hears no threat.

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11 Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,(A)
but whoever earns it through labor[a] will multiply it.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:11 Lit whoever gathers upon his hand

22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his[a] grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:22 Or inheritance: his

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