15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,(A)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.(B)

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15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.(A)

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15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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

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23 The poor use entreaties,
    but the rich answer roughly.(A)

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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 the poor walking in integrity
    than one perverse of speech who is a fool.(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 brings many friends,
    but the poor are left friendless.(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.

If the poor are hated even by their kin,
    how much more are they shunned by their friends!
When they call after them, they are not there.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 19.7 Meaning of Heb 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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17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,(A)
    and he will reward them for what they have done.(B)

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17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord
    and will be repaid in full.(A)

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17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

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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 What is desirable in a person is loyalty,
    and it is better to be poor than a liar.

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

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13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor
    will also cry out(A) and not be answered.(B)

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13 If you close your ear to the cry of the poor,
    you will cry out and not be heard.(A)

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13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

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