15 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

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

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20 (A)The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
    (B)but the rich has many friends.

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

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11 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city,
    and like a high wall in his imagination.

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11 A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.(A)

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

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

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(A)The rich and the poor meet together;
    the Lord is (B)the Maker of them all.

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The rich and the poor have this in common:[a]
the Lord made them both.[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:2 Lit poor meet
  2. Proverbs 22:2 Lit all

(A)The rich rules over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

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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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16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
    or gives to the rich, (A)will only come to poverty.

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

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(A)Better is a poor man who (B)walks in his integrity
    than a rich man who is (C)crooked in his ways.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:6 Lit who twists two ways

11 A rich man is wise in his (A)own eyes,
    but a poor man who has understanding (B)will find him out.

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

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