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Proverbs 10:15
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Proverbs 10:15
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15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 10:15
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Proverbs 10:15
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Proverbs 14:20
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Proverbs 14:20
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20 The poor is hated even by his own neighbor,
but the rich has many friends.
Proverbs 14:20
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Proverbs 14:20
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20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
but the rich have many friends.(A)
Proverbs 18:11
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Proverbs 18:11
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11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
and as a high wall in his own conceit.
Proverbs 18:11
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Proverbs 18:11
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11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;(A)
they imagine it a wall too high to scale.
Proverbs 18:23
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Proverbs 18:23
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23 The poor man uses entreaties,
but the rich man answers roughly.
Proverbs 18:23
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Proverbs 18:23
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23 The poor plead for mercy,
but the rich answer harshly.
Proverbs 22:2
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Proverbs 22:2
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2 The rich and poor have this in common,
the Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:2
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Proverbs 22:2
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2 Rich and poor have this in common:
The Lord is the Maker of them all.(A)
Proverbs 22:7
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Proverbs 22:7
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7 The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
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Proverbs 22:7
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7 The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Proverbs 22:16
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Proverbs 22:16
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16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
and he who gives to the rich, will surely come to want.
Proverbs 22:16
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Proverbs 22:16
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16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.
Proverbs 28:6
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Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better is the poor who walks in his uprightness
than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Proverbs 28:6
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Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)
Proverbs 28:11
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Proverbs 28:11
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11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit,
but the poor who has understanding searches him out.
Proverbs 28:11
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Proverbs 28:11
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11 The rich are wise in their own eyes;
one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.
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