Proverbs 10:15
Revised Standard Version
15 A rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
Proverbs 10:15
American Standard Version
15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city:
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 14:20
Revised Standard Version
20 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
but the rich has many friends.
Proverbs 14:20
American Standard Version
20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbor;
But the rich hath many friends.
Proverbs 18:11
Revised Standard Version
11 A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
and like a high wall protecting him.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:11 Or in his imagination
Proverbs 18:11
American Standard Version
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And as a high wall in his own imagination.
Proverbs 18:23
Revised Standard Version
23 The poor use entreaties,
but the rich answer roughly.
Proverbs 18:23
American Standard Version
23 The poor useth entreaties;
But the rich answereth roughly.
Proverbs 22:2
Revised Standard Version
2 The rich and the poor meet together;
the Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:2
American Standard Version
2 The rich and the poor meet together:
Jehovah is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:7
Revised Standard Version
7 The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
American Standard Version
7 The rich ruleth over the poor;
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:16
Revised Standard Version
16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, will only come to want.
Proverbs 22:16
American Standard Version
16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain,
And he that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.
Proverbs 28:6
Revised Standard Version
6 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
than a rich man who is perverse in his ways.
Proverbs 28:6
American Standard Version
6 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,
Than he that is [a]perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:6 Hebrew perverse of two ways.
Proverbs 28:11
Revised Standard Version
11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes,
but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.
Proverbs 28:11
American Standard Version
11 The rich man is wise in [a]his own conceit;
But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:11 Hebrew his own eyes.
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