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

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Wealth brings many friends,
    but the poor are left friendless.(A)

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Many seek a ruler’s favor,(A)
and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.(B)

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

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  1. 19:7 Hb uncertain

Many seek the favor of the generous,
    and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts.(A)
If the poor are hated even by their kin,
    how much more are they shunned by their friends!
When they call after them, they are not there.[a](B)

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  1. 19.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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 and the poor have this in common:
    the Lord is the maker of them all.

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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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The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.(A)

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Don’t wear yourself out to get rich;(A)
because you know better, stop!
As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,(B)
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.

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Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
    be wise enough to desist.(A)
When your eyes light upon it, it is gone,
    for suddenly it takes wings to itself,
    flying like an eagle toward heaven.

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A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb,(A)
but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.

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The sated appetite spurns honey,
    but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.(A)

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Better the poor person who lives with integrity(A)
than the rich one who distorts right and wrong.[a](B)

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  1. 28:6 Lit who twists two ways

Better to be poor and walk in integrity
    than to be crooked in one’s ways even though rich.(A)

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Whoever increases his wealth through excessive interest(A)
collects it for one who is kind to the poor.(B)

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One who augments wealth by exorbitant interest
    gathers it for another who is kind to the poor.(A)

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11 A rich person is wise in his own eyes,
but a poor one who has discernment sees through him.

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11 The rich is wise in self-esteem,
    but an intelligent poor person sees through the pose.(A)

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20 A faithful person will have many blessings,(A)
but one in a hurry to get rich(B)
will not go unpunished.

21 It is not good to show partiality(C)
yet even a courageous person may sin for a piece of bread.(D)

22 A greedy one[a] is in a hurry for wealth;
he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him.(E)

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  1. 28:22 Lit A man with an evil eye

20 The faithful will abound with blessings,
    but one who is in a hurry to be rich will not go unpunished.(A)
21 To show partiality is not good,
    yet for a piece of bread a person may do wrong.
22 The miser is in a hurry to get rich
    and does not know that loss is sure to come.

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