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15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city.
    The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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

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20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor,
    but the rich person has many friends.

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

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23 The poor plead for mercy,
    but the rich answer harshly.

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

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19 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
    than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

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

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Wealth adds many friends,
    but the poor is separated from his friend.

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

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All the relatives of the poor shun him:
    how much more do his friends avoid him!
    He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

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All the brothers of a poor person 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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Footnotes

  1. 19:7 Hb uncertain

17 He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh;
    he will reward him.

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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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Footnotes

  1. 19:17 Lit to him

22 That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness.
    A poor man is better than a liar.

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

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13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor,
    he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

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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 have this in common:
    Yahweh is the maker of them all.

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Rich and poor have this in common:[a]
the Lord makes them all.(A)

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  1. 22:2 Lit poor meet

The rich rule over the poor.
    The borrower is servant to the lender.

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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 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich,
    both come to poverty.

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

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