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Proverbs 10:15
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Proverbs 10:15
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15 A rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
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 disliked even by his 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 18:23
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Proverbs 18:23
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23 The poor use entreaties,
but the rich answer 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 19:1
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Proverbs 19:1
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19 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
than a man who is perverse in speech, and is a fool.
Proverbs 19:1
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Proverbs 19:1
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19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than a fool whose lips are perverse.(A)
Proverbs 19:4
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Proverbs 19:4
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4 Wealth brings many new friends,
but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
Proverbs 19:4
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Proverbs 19:4
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4 Wealth attracts many friends,
but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.(A)
Proverbs 19:7
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Proverbs 19:7
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7 All a poor man’s brothers hate him;
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 Heb uncertain
Proverbs 19:7
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Proverbs 19:7
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Proverbs 19:17
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Proverbs 19:17
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17 He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,
and he will repay him for his deed.
Proverbs 19:17
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Proverbs 19:17
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Proverbs 19:22
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Proverbs 19:22
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22 What is desired in a man is loyalty,
and a poor man is better than a liar.
Proverbs 19:22
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Proverbs 19:22
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22 What a person desires is unfailing love[a];
better to be poor than a liar.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame
Proverbs 21:13
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Proverbs 21:13
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13 He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor
will himself cry out and not be heard.
Proverbs 21:13
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Proverbs 21:13
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Proverbs 22:2
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Proverbs 22:2
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2 The rich and the poor meet together;
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 the slave of 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 own wealth,
or gives to the rich, will only 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.
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