15 The (A)rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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20 (A)The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor,
But [a]the rich has many (B)friends.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:20 Lit. many are the lovers of the rich

20 The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich hath many friends.

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11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own esteem.

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11 The rich man’s wealth is his stronghold, and as a high wall in his own conceit.

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23 The poor man uses entreaties,
But the rich answers (A)roughly.

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23 The poor useth entreaties, but the rich answereth roughly.

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The (A)rich and the poor have this in common,
The (B)Lord is the maker of them all.

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The rich and poor meet together; the Lord is the maker of them all.

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The (A)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.

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The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

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16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

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Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes,
But the poor who has understanding searches him out.

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11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit, but the poor man that hath understanding searcheth him out.

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