15 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;(A)
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

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15 The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength;
    the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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20 A poor person is hated even by his neighbor,(A)
but there are many who love the rich.(B)

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20 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
    but the lovers of the rich are many.

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11 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.(A)

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11 The wealth of the rich is his strong city,[a]
    and like a wall, it is high in his imagination.

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  1. Proverbs 18:11 Literally “a city of his strength”

23 The poor person pleads,(A)
but the rich one answers roughly.(B)

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23 The poor may speak entreaties,
    but the rich will answer roughly.

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Rich and poor have this in common:[a]
the Lord makes them all.(A)

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  1. 22:2 Lit poor meet

Rich and poor have much in common;
    Yahweh is the maker of all of them.

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The rich rule over the poor,(A)
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.(B)

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The rich will rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is a slave of the lender.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 22:7 Literally “the borrower belonging to a man”

16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.(A)

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16 He who oppresses the poor in order to enrich himself,
    or gives to the rich, will come to poverty.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 22:16 Literally “only loss”

Better the poor person who lives with integrity(A)
than the rich one who distorts right and wrong.[a](B)

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  1. 28:6 Lit who twists two ways

Better to be poor and walking in one’s integrity
    than to be crooked of ways when one is rich.

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11 A rich person is wise in his own eyes,
but a poor one who has discernment sees through him.

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11 A man of wealth is wise in his own eyes,
    but the intelligent poor sees through him.

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