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
Living Bible
15 The rich man’s wealth is his only strength. The poor man’s poverty is his only[a] curse.
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- Proverbs 10:15 only . . . only, implied.
Proverbs 14:20
New Living Translation
20 The poor are despised even by their neighbors,
while the rich have many “friends.”
Proverbs 14:20-21
Living Bible
20-21 Even his own neighbors despise the poor man, while the rich have many “friends.” But to despise the poor is to sin. Blessed are those who help them.
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Proverbs 18:23
New Living Translation
23 The poor plead for mercy;
the rich answer with insults.
Proverbs 18:23
Living Bible
23 The poor man pleads, and the rich man answers with insults.
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Proverbs 19:1
New Living Translation
19 Better to be poor and honest
than to be dishonest and a fool.
Proverbs 19:1
Living Bible
19 Better to be poor and honest than rich[a] and dishonest.
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- Proverbs 19:1 rich, literally, “a fool.”
Proverbs 19:4
New Living Translation
4 Wealth makes many “friends”;
poverty drives them all away.
Proverbs 19:4
Living Bible
4 A wealthy man has many “friends”; the poor man has none left.
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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
Living Bible
7 A poor man’s own brothers turn away from him in embarrassment;[a] how much more his friends! He calls after them, but they are gone.
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- Proverbs 19:7 turn away from him in embarrassment, literally, “despise him.”
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
Living Bible
17 When you help the poor you are lending to the Lord—and he pays wonderful interest on your loan!
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Proverbs 19:22
New Living Translation
22 Loyalty makes a person attractive.
It is better to be poor than dishonest.
Proverbs 19:22
Living Bible
22 Kindness makes a man attractive. And it is better to be poor than dishonest.
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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
Living Bible
13 He who shuts his ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in his own time of need.
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Proverbs 22:2
New Living Translation
2 The rich and poor have this in common:
The Lord made them both.
Proverbs 22:2
Living Bible
2 The rich and the poor are alike before the Lord who made them all.
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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
Living Bible
7 Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender.
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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
Living Bible
16 He who gains by oppressing the poor or by bribing the rich shall end in poverty.
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