Proverbs 10:15
English Standard Version
15 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city;
the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
Proverbs 10:15
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:15 Lit strong city
Proverbs 10:15
New International Version
Proverbs 11:24-26
English Standard Version
24 (A)One gives (B)freely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
25 (C)Whoever brings blessing (D)will be enriched,
and (E)one who waters will himself be watered.
26 (F)The people curse him who holds back grain,
but (G)a blessing is on the head of him who (H)sells it.
Proverbs 11:24-26
New American Standard Bible
24 There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in poverty.
25 A [a](A)generous person will be [b]prosperous,
And one who (B)gives others plenty of water will himself be given plenty.
26 One who withholds grain, the (C)people will curse him,
But (D)blessing will be on the head of him who (E)sells it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:25 Lit soul of blessing
- Proverbs 11:25 Lit made fat
Proverbs 11:24-26
New International Version
24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
26 People curse the one who hoards grain,
but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.
Proverbs 13:23
English Standard Version
23 The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food,
but it is swept away through (A)injustice.
Proverbs 13:23
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:23 Lit there is what is swept
Proverbs 13:23
New International Version
23 An unplowed field produces food for the poor,
but injustice sweeps it away.
Proverbs 15:25
English Standard Version
Proverbs 15:25
New American Standard Bible
25 The Lord will (A)tear down the house of the proud,
But He will (B)set the boundary of the (C)widow.
Proverbs 15:25
New International Version
Proverbs 17:5
English Standard Version
5 Whoever mocks the poor (A)insults his Maker;
he who is (B)glad at calamity will not go (C)unpunished.
Proverbs 17:5
New American Standard Bible
5 One who mocks the (A)poor taunts his Maker;
One who (B)rejoices at disaster will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 17:5
New International Version
Proverbs 19:4
English Standard Version
Proverbs 19:4
New American Standard Bible
4 (A)Wealth adds many friends,
But a poor person is separated from his friend.
Proverbs 19:4
New International Version
4 Wealth attracts many friends,
but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.(A)
Proverbs 19:7
English Standard Version
7 (A)All a poor man's brothers hate him;
(B)how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew sentence is uncertain
Proverbs 19:7
New American Standard Bible
7 All the brothers of a poor person hate him;
How much more do his (A)friends abandon him!
He (B)pursues them with words, but they are [a]gone.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:7 Lit not
Proverbs 19:7
New International Version
Proverbs 19:17
English Standard Version
Proverbs 19:17
New American Standard Bible
17 One who (A)is gracious to a poor person lends to the Lord,
And He will repay him for his [a](B)good deed.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:17 Or benefits
Proverbs 19:17
New International Version
Proverbs 21:13
English Standard Version
13 (A)Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
will himself call out and not be answered.
Proverbs 21:13
New American Standard Bible
13 One who (A)shuts his ear to the outcry of the poor
Will also call out himself, and not be (B)answered.
Proverbs 21:13
New International Version
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