Proverbs 19:4
Modern English Version
4 Wealth makes many friends,
but the poor is separated from his neighbor.
Proverbs 19:4
American Standard Version
4 Wealth addeth many friends;
But [a]the poor is separated from his friend.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:4 Or, the friend of the poor separateth himself from him
Proverbs 19:6-7
Modern English Version
6 Many will entreat the favor of the prince,
and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.
7 All the brothers of the poor hate him;
how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words,
yet they abandon him.
Proverbs 19:6-7
American Standard Version
6 Many will entreat the favor of [a]the liberal man;
And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him:
How much more do his friends go far from him!
[b]He pursueth them with words, but they are gone.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:6 Or, a prince
- Proverbs 19:7 Or, He pursueth after words, which are nought
Proverbs 22:2
Modern English Version
2 The rich and poor have this in common,
the Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:2
American Standard Version
2 The rich and the poor meet together:
Jehovah is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:7
Modern English Version
7 The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
American Standard Version
7 The rich ruleth over the poor;
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 23:4-5
Modern English Version
Saying Eight
4 Do not labor to be rich;
cease from your own wisdom.
5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 23:4-5
American Standard Version
4 Weary not thyself to be rich;
Cease [a]from thine own wisdom.
5 [b]Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings,
Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:4 Or, by reason of thine own understanding
- Proverbs 23:5 Or, Wilt thou set thine eyes upon it? it is gone: Hebrew Shall thine eyes fly upon it, and it is not?
Proverbs 27:7
Modern English Version
7 The full soul loathes a honeycomb,
but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 27:7
American Standard Version
7 The full soul [a]loatheth a honeycomb;
But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:7 Hebrew trampleth upon.
Proverbs 28:6
Modern English Version
6 Better is the poor who walks in his uprightness
than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Proverbs 28:6
American Standard Version
6 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,
Than he that is [a]perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:6 Hebrew perverse of two ways.
Proverbs 28:8
Modern English Version
8 He who by usury and unjust gain increases his substance
will gather it for him who will pity the poor.
Proverbs 28:8
American Standard Version
8 He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase,
Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.
Proverbs 28:11
Modern English Version
11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit,
but the poor who has understanding searches him out.
Proverbs 28:11
American Standard Version
11 The rich man is wise in [a]his own conceit;
But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:11 Hebrew his own eyes.
Proverbs 28:20-22
Modern English Version
20 A faithful man will abound with blessings,
but he who makes haste to be rich will not be innocent.
21 To show partiality is not good,
because for a morsel of bread that man will transgress.
22 He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye,
and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.
Proverbs 28:20-22
American Standard Version
20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings;
But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.
21 To have respect of persons is not good;
[a]Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.
22 He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches,
And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:21 Or, For for a piece of bread a man will transgress
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