Proverbs 10:15
New Living Translation
15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
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
New Living Translation
20 The poor are despised even by their neighbors,
while the rich have many “friends.”
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
New Living Translation
23 The poor plead for mercy;
the rich answer with insults.
Proverbs 18:23
Lexham English Bible
23 The poor may speak entreaties,
but the rich will answer roughly.
Proverbs 19:1
New Living Translation
19 Better to be poor and honest
than to be dishonest and 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
New Living Translation
4 Wealth makes many “friends”;
poverty drives them all away.
Proverbs 19:4
Lexham English Bible
4 Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor will be left by his friends.
Proverbs 19:7
New Living Translation
7 The relatives of the poor despise them;
how much more will their friends avoid them!
Though the poor plead with them,
their friends are gone.
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
New Living Translation
17 If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord—
and he will repay you!
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
New Living Translation
22 Loyalty makes a person attractive.
It is better to be poor than dishonest.
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
New Living Translation
13 Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor
will be ignored in their own time of need.
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
New Living Translation
2 The rich and poor have this in common:
The Lord made them both.
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
New Living Translation
7 Just as the rich rule the poor,
so the borrower is servant to the 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
New Living Translation
16 A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor
or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.
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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