He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son,
    but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.(A)

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He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

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22 The blessing of the Lord(A) brings wealth,(B)
    without painful toil for it.(C)

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22 The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

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28 Those who trust in their riches will fall,(A)
    but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.(B)

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28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

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One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;(A)
    another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.(B)

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

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

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

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20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

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20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

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24 The wealth of the wise is their crown,
    but the folly of fools yields folly.(A)

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24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

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11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;(A)
    they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

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11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

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23 The poor plead for mercy,
    but the rich answer harshly.

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23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

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19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than a fool whose lips are perverse.(A)

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19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

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Wealth attracts many friends,
    but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.(A)

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Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

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The poor are shunned by all their relatives—
    how much more do their friends avoid them!(A)
Though the poor pursue them with pleading,
    they are nowhere to be found.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

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22 What a person desires is unfailing love[a];
    better to be poor than a liar.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame

22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

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