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Proverbs 13:8

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The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

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  1. Proverbs 13:6

    Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  2. Proverbs 13:7

    There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

  3. Proverbs 13:9

    The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  4. Proverbs 13:10

    Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.