(A)Wealth brings many new friends,
    (B)but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

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

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Many seek the favor of a generous man,[a]
    and everyone is a friend to a man who gives (A)gifts.
(B)All a poor man's brothers hate him;
    (C)how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 19:6 Or of a noble
  2. Proverbs 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew sentence is uncertain

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

(A)The rich and the poor meet together;
    the Lord is (B)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

(A)The rich rules over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of 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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(A)Do not toil to acquire wealth;
    (B)be discerning enough to desist.
When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
    (C)for suddenly it sprouts wings,
    flying like an eagle toward heaven.

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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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One who is full loathes (A)honey,
    but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

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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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(A)Better is a poor man who (B)walks in his integrity
    than a rich man who is (C)crooked in his ways.

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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

Whoever multiplies his wealth (A)by interest and profit[a]
    (B)gathers it for him who is (C)generous to the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 28:8 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor

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

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11 A rich man is wise in his (A)own eyes,
    but a poor man who has understanding (B)will find him out.

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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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20 A faithful man will abound with blessings,
    but whoever hastens to be rich (A)will not go unpunished.
21 To show (B)partiality is not good,
    but for (C)a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
22 A (D)stingy man[a] (E)hastens after wealth
    and does not know that (F)poverty will come upon him.

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  1. Proverbs 28:22 Hebrew A man whose eye is evil

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