Proverbs 19:4
Legacy Standard Bible
4 (A)Wealth adds many friends,
But a poor man is separated from his friend.
Proverbs 19:4
Revised Standard Version
4 Wealth brings many new friends,
but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
Proverbs 19:6-7
Legacy Standard Bible
6 (A)Many will seek the favor of a noble man,
And everyone is a friend to a man who (B)gives gifts.
7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
How much more do his (C)friends distance themselves from him!
He (D)pursues them with words, but they are no more.
Proverbs 19:6-7
Revised Standard Version
6 Many seek the favor of a generous man,
and every one is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
7 All a poor man’s brothers hate him;
how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:7 Heb uncertain
Proverbs 22:2
Legacy Standard Bible
2 The rich and the poor meet together in this—
Yahweh is the (A)Maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:2
Revised Standard Version
2 The rich and the poor meet together;
the Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:7
Legacy Standard Bible
7 The (A)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
Revised Standard Version
7 The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Proverbs 23:4-5
Legacy Standard Bible
4 (A)Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
(B)Because of your understanding, cease!
5 Do you make your eyes fly up to see it? But it is not there!
Because (C)it certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
Proverbs 23:4-5
Revised Standard Version
4 Do not toil to acquire wealth;
be wise enough to desist.
5 When your eyes light upon it, it is gone;
for suddenly it takes to itself wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 27:7
Legacy Standard Bible
7 A satisfied soul tramples the honeycomb,
But to a hungry soul any bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 27:7
Revised Standard Version
7 He who is sated loathes honey,
but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
Proverbs 28:6
Legacy Standard Bible
6 (A)Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked—[a]double dealing—though he be rich.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:6 Lit two ways
Proverbs 28:6
Revised Standard Version
6 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
than a rich man who is perverse in his ways.
Proverbs 28:8
Legacy Standard Bible
8 He who increases his wealth by (A)interest and usury
Gathers it (B)for him who is gracious to the lowly.
Proverbs 28:8
Revised Standard Version
8 He who augments his wealth by interest and increase
gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
Proverbs 28:11
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:11 Or sees right through him
Proverbs 28:11
Revised Standard Version
11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes,
but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.
Proverbs 28:20-22
Legacy Standard Bible
20 A (A)faithful man will abound with blessings,
But he who (B)makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.
21 To [a](C)show partiality is not good,
(D)Even for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
22 A man with an (E)evil eye (F)hurries after wealth
And does not know that want will come upon him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:21 Lit regard the face
Proverbs 28:20-22
Revised Standard Version
20 A faithful man will abound with blessings,
but he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
21 To show partiality is not good;
but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
22 A miserly man hastens after wealth,
and does not know that want will come upon him.
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