Proverbs 10:15
Christian Standard Bible
15 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;(A)
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
Proverbs 10:15
Lexham English Bible
15 The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength;
the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 14:20
Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 14:20
Lexham English Bible
20 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
but the lovers of the rich are many.
Proverbs 18:11
Christian Standard Bible
11 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.(A)
Proverbs 18:11
Lexham English Bible
11 The wealth of the rich is his strong city,[a]
and like a wall, it is high in his imagination.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:11 Literally “a city of his strength”
Proverbs 18:23
Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 18:23
Lexham English Bible
23 The poor may speak entreaties,
but the rich will answer roughly.
Proverbs 22:2
Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- 22:2 Lit poor meet
Proverbs 22:2
Lexham English Bible
2 Rich and poor have much in common;
Yahweh is the maker of all of them.
Proverbs 22:7
Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 22:7
Lexham English Bible
7 The rich will rule over the poor,
and the borrower is a slave of the lender.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:7 Literally “the borrower belonging to a man”
Proverbs 22:16
Christian Standard Bible
16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.(A)
Proverbs 22:16
Lexham English Bible
16 He who oppresses the poor in order to enrich himself,
or gives to the rich, will come to poverty.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:16 Literally “only loss”
Proverbs 28:6
Christian Standard Bible
6 Better the poor person who lives with integrity(A)
than the rich one who distorts right and wrong.[a](B)
Footnotes
- 28:6 Lit who twists two ways
Proverbs 28:6
Lexham English Bible
6 Better to be poor and walking in one’s integrity
than to be crooked of ways when one is rich.
Proverbs 28:11
Christian Standard Bible
11 A rich person is wise in his own eyes,
but a poor one who has discernment sees through him.
Proverbs 28:11
Lexham English Bible
11 A man of wealth is wise in his own eyes,
but the intelligent poor sees through him.
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