Proverbs 10:15
Evangelical Heritage Version
15 A rich person’s wealth is his strong city.
Poverty is the ruin of poor people.
Proverbs 10:15
Lexham English Bible
15 The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength;
the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 14:20
Evangelical Heritage Version
20 A poor person is hated even by his neighbor,
but those who love a rich person are many.
Proverbs 14:20
Lexham English Bible
20 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
but the lovers of the rich are many.
Proverbs 18:23
Evangelical Heritage Version
23 A poor man pleads for mercy,
but a rich man answers harshly.
Proverbs 18:23
Lexham English Bible
23 The poor may speak entreaties,
but the rich will answer roughly.
Proverbs 19:1
Evangelical Heritage Version
19 Better to be a poor person who walks in his integrity
than one with perverse lips who is a fool.
Proverbs 19:1
Lexham English Bible
19 Better a poor person walking in integrity
than one who is perverse in his speech[a] and is a fool.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:1 Literally “in his lips”
Proverbs 19:4
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 Wealth adds many friends,
but a poor person is deserted by his friend.
Proverbs 19:4
Lexham English Bible
4 Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor will be left by his friends.
Proverbs 19:7
Evangelical Heritage Version
7 A poor person’s brothers all hate him.
Even his friends keep their distance from him!
Though he pursues them with words, they are not there.
Proverbs 19:7
Lexham English Bible
7 All the brothers of the poor, if they hate him,
how much more will his friends keep away from him.
He pursues them with words, and they are gone.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:7 Or “when he pursues words and not them”
Proverbs 19:17
Evangelical Heritage Version
17 A person who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord.
He will repay him in full.
Proverbs 19:17
Lexham English Bible
17 He who lends to Yahweh is he who is kind to the poor,
and his benefits he will repay to him.
Proverbs 19:22
Evangelical Heritage Version
22 A desirable trait in a person is loyalty.[a]
It is better to be poor than a liar.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:22 Or what a person desires is loyalty. The word translated loyalty often refers to mercy.
Proverbs 19:22
Lexham English Bible
22 The craving of a man is his steadfast loyalty,
and it is better to be poor than a liar.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:22 Literally “man of lying”
Proverbs 21:13
Evangelical Heritage Version
13 Whoever shuts his ear to the cries of the poor—
he too will cry out and not be answered.
Proverbs 21:13
Lexham English Bible
13 He who closes his ear from the cry of the poor,
he also will cry out and not be heard.
Proverbs 22:2
Evangelical Heritage Version
2 Rich and poor have this in common:
The Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:2
Lexham English Bible
2 Rich and poor have much in common;
Yahweh is the maker of all of them.
Proverbs 22:7
Evangelical Heritage Version
7 A rich person rules over poor people,
and a borrower is a slave to a lender.
Proverbs 22:7
Lexham English Bible
7 The rich will rule over the poor,
and the borrower is a slave of the lender.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:7 Literally “the borrower belonging to a man”
Proverbs 22:16
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 Whoever oppresses the poor to become great,
and whoever gives gifts to the rich—
both are sure to suffer loss.
Proverbs 22:16
Lexham English Bible
16 He who oppresses the poor in order to enrich himself,
or gives to the rich, will come to poverty.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:16 Literally “only loss”
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