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
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 14:20
New Living Translation
20 The poor are despised even by their neighbors,
while the rich have many “friends.”
Proverbs 14:20
Legacy Standard Bible
20 The (A)poor is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.
Proverbs 18:23
New Living Translation
23 The poor plead for mercy;
the rich answer with insults.
Proverbs 18:23
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 19:1
New Living Translation
19 Better to be poor and honest
than to be dishonest and a fool.
Proverbs 19:1
Legacy Standard Bible
The Counsel of Yahweh Will Stand
19 (A)Better is a poor man who (B)walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked in lips and is a fool.
Proverbs 19:4
New Living Translation
4 Wealth makes many “friends”;
poverty drives them all away.
Proverbs 19:4
Legacy Standard Bible
4 (A)Wealth adds many friends,
But a poor man is separated from his friend.
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
Legacy Standard Bible
7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
How much more do his (A)friends distance themselves from him!
He (B)pursues them with words, but they are no more.
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
Legacy Standard Bible
17 He who (A)is gracious to a poor man lends to Yahweh,
And He will repay him for his (B)bountiful deed.
Proverbs 19:22
New Living Translation
22 Loyalty makes a person attractive.
It is better to be poor than dishonest.
Proverbs 19:22
Legacy Standard Bible
22 What is desirable in a man is his lovingkindness,
And better is a poor man than a man of falsehood.
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
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 22:2
New Living Translation
2 The rich and poor have this in common:
The Lord made them both.
Proverbs 22:2
Legacy Standard Bible
2 The rich and the poor meet together in this—
Yahweh is the (A)Maker of them all.
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
Legacy Standard Bible
7 The (A)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is the slave of the lender.
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
Legacy Standard Bible
16 He (A)who oppresses the poor to make [a]more for himself
Or who gives to the rich (B)will only come to lack.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:16 Lit much
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