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15 The 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 his fortified city;(A)
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

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20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor,
    but the rich person has many friends.

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

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11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
    like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

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11 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.(A)

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23 The poor plead for mercy,
    but the rich answer harshly.

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

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The rich and the poor have this in common:
    Yahweh is the maker of them all.

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Rich and poor have this in common:[a]
the Lord makes them all.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 22:2 Lit poor meet

The rich rule over the poor.
    The borrower is servant to 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 for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich,
    both 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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Better is the poor who walks in his integrity,
    than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 28:6 Lit who twists two ways

11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes;
    but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

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

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