15 The (A)rich person’s wealth is his [a]fortress,
The (B)ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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  1. Proverbs 10:15 Lit strong city

15 A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city;(A)
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

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20 The (A)poor is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.

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

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23 A (A)poor person utters pleadings,
But a (B)rich person (C)answers defiantly.

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

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On Life and Conduct

19 (A)Better is a poor person who (B)walks in his integrity
Than a person who is perverse in [a]speech and is a fool.

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  1. Proverbs 19:1 Lit his lips

19 Better a poor man who lives with integrity(A)
than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

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(A)Wealth adds many friends,
But a poor person is separated from his friend.

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Wealth attracts many friends,(A)
but a poor man is separated from his friend.

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All the brothers of a poor person hate him;
How much more do his (A)friends abandon him!
He (B)pursues them with words, but they are [a]gone.

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  1. Proverbs 19:7 Lit not

All the brothers of a poor man hate him;(A)
how much more do his friends
keep their distance from him!
He may pursue them with words,(B)
but they are not there.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 19:7 Hb uncertain

17 One who (A)is gracious to a poor person lends to the Lord,
And He will repay him for his [a](B)good deed.

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  1. Proverbs 19:17 Or benefits

17 Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord,(A)
and He will give a reward to the lender.[a](B)

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  1. Proverbs 19:17 Lit to him

22 What is desirable in a person is his [a]kindness,
And it is better to be a poor person than a liar.

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  1. Proverbs 19:22 Or loyalty

22 What is desirable in a man is his fidelity;
better to be a poor man than a liar.(A)

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13 One who (A)shuts his ear to the outcry of the poor
Will also call out himself, and not be (B)answered.

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13 The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.(A)

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The rich and the poor [a]have a common bond,
The Lord is the (A)Maker of them all.

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  1. Proverbs 22:2 Lit meet together

The rich and the poor have this in common:[a]
the Lord made them both.[b](A)

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  1. Proverbs 22:2 Lit poor meet
  2. Proverbs 22:2 Lit all

The (A)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.

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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 One (A)who oppresses the poor to make [a]more for himself,
Or gives to the rich, (B)will only come to poverty.

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  1. Proverbs 22:16 Lit much

16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.(A)

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