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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 their fortress;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.(A)

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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 The poor are disliked even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

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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 their strong city;
    in their 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 use entreaties,
    but the rich answer roughly.(A)

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

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

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The rich rule over the poor.
    The borrower is servant to the lender.

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

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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 in order to enrich oneself,
    and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss.

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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 to be poor and walk in integrity
    than to be crooked in one’s ways even though rich.(A)

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

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11 The rich is wise in self-esteem,
    but an intelligent poor person sees through the pose.(A)

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