15 The (A)rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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

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20 (A)The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor,
But [a]the rich has many (B)friends.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:20 Lit. many are the lovers of the rich

20 The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich hath many friends.

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

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23 The poor man uses entreaties,
But the rich answers (A)roughly.

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23 The poor useth entreaties, but the rich answereth roughly.

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

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The Fear of the Lord Leads to Life

19 Better (A)is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

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

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(A)Wealth makes many friends,
But the poor is separated from his friend.

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Wealth maketh many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

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

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(A)All the brothers of the poor hate him;
How much more do his friends go (B)far from him!
He may pursue them with words, yet they [a]abandon him.

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  1. Proverbs 19:7 Lit. are not

All the brethren of the poor hate him—how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, yet they are not forthcoming to him.

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

17 (A)He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord,
And He will pay back what he has given.

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

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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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22 What is desired in a man is [a]kindness,
And a poor man is better than a liar.

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  1. Proverbs 19:22 Lit. lovingkindness

22 What is desired of a man is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.

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

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

13 (A)Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be heard.

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

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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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