Proverbs 19:4
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4 Wealthy people are always finding more friends,
but the poor lose all theirs.
Proverbs 19:4
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4
Wealth makes many friends,
But a poor man is separated from his friend.(A)
Proverbs 19:6-7
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6 Many people ·want to please [L seek the face of] a leader,
and everyone is friends with those who give gifts.
7 Poor people’s relatives ·avoid [L hate] them;
·even [L how much more do] their friends stay far away.
They run after them, begging,
but they are gone.
Proverbs 19:6-7
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6
Many will seek the favor of a generous and noble man,
And everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts.
7
All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
How much more do his friends abandon him!
He pursues them with words, but they are gone.
Proverbs 22:2
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2 The rich and the poor ·are alike [have a common bond]
in that the Lord made them all.
Proverbs 22:2
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2
The rich and poor have a common bond;
The Lord is the Maker of them all.(A)
Proverbs 22:7
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7 The rich rule over the poor,
and borrowers are ·servants [slaves] to lenders.
Proverbs 22:7
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7
The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 23:4-5
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4 Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich;
be wise enough to ·control [stop] yourself.
5 ·Wealth can vanish in the wink of an eye [L Your eye can fly to it and it will be gone].
It can seem to grow wings
and fly away like an eagle.
Proverbs 23:4-5
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4
Do not weary yourself [with the overwhelming desire] to gain wealth;
Cease from your own understanding of it.(A)
5
When you set your eyes on wealth, it is [suddenly] gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies to the heavens.
Proverbs 27:7
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7 When you are ·full [sated], not even honey tastes good,
but when you are hungry, even something bitter tastes sweet.
Proverbs 27:7
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7
He who is satisfied loathes honey,
But to the hungry soul any bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 28:6
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6 It is better to be poor and ·innocent [walk blamelessly]
than to be rich and ·wicked [L be on crooked paths].
Proverbs 28:6
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6
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked and two-faced though he is rich.(A)
Proverbs 28:8
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8 Some people get rich by ·overcharging others [L interest and surcharge; Ex. 22:25; Deut. 23:20],
but their wealth will be given to those who are ·kind [gracious] to the poor.
Proverbs 28:8
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8
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury (excessive interest)
Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.(A)
Proverbs 28:11
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11 Rich people may ·think they are wise [L be wise in their own eyes],
but the poor with understanding will ·prove them wrong [see through them].
Proverbs 28:11
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11
The rich man [who is conceited and relies on his wealth instead of God] is wise in his own eyes,
But the poor man who has understanding [because he relies on God] is able to see through him.
Proverbs 28:20-22
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20 A ·truthful [reliable] person will have many blessings,
but those ·eager to get rich [or with get-rich-quick schemes] will be punished.
21 It is not good ·for a judge to take sides [to show favoritism/partiality; L to recognize faces],
but some will ·sin [transgress; do wrong] for only a piece of bread.
22 ·Selfish [Stingy] people are in a hurry to get rich
and do not ·realize [know] they soon will be poor.
Proverbs 28:20-22
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20
A faithful (right-minded) man will abound with blessings,
But he who hurries to be rich will not go unpunished.(A)
21
To have regard for one person over another and to show favoritism is not good,
Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
22
He who has an evil and envious eye hurries to be rich
And does not know that poverty will come upon him.(B)
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