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Wealth adds many friends,
    but the poor is separated from 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 will entreat the favor of a ruler,
    and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
All the relatives of the poor shun him:
    how much more do his friends avoid him!
    He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

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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

The rich and the poor have this in common:
    Yahweh is 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

The rich rule over the poor.
    The borrower is servant to 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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Don’t weary yourself to be rich.
    In your wisdom, show restraint.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
    For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

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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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A full soul loathes a honeycomb;
    but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing 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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Better is the poor who walks in his integrity,
    than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

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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

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest
    gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

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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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11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes;
    but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

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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 is rich with blessings;
    but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
21 To show partiality is not good;
    yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
22 A stingy man hurries after riches,
    and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

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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