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15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
    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 The poor are despised even by their neighbors,
    while the rich have many “friends.”

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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 rich think of their wealth as a strong defense;
    they imagine it to be a high wall of safety.

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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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Notas al pie

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

23 The poor plead for mercy;
    the rich answer with insults.

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

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The rich and poor have this in common:
    The Lord made them both.

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

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Just as the rich rule the poor,
    so 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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Notas al pie

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

16 A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor
    or by showering gifts on the rich will end in 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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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 22:16 Literally “only loss”

Better to be poor and honest
    than to be dishonest and 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 Rich people may think they are wise,
    but a poor person with discernment can see right through them.

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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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