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

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

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

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11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own esteem.

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

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

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The (A)rich and the poor have this in common,
The (B)Lord is the maker of them all.

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

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The (A)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.

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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 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

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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 is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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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 The rich man is wise in his own eyes,
But the poor who has understanding searches him out.

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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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