15 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

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

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20 (A)The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
    (B)but the rich has many friends.

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20 A poor man is hated even by his neighbor,(A)
but there are many who love the rich.(B)

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23 The poor use entreaties,
    but (A)the rich answer roughly.

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23 The poor man pleads,(A)
but the rich one answers roughly.(B)

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19 (A)Better is a poor person who (B)walks in his integrity
    than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.

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19 Better a poor man who lives with integrity(A)
than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

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(A)Wealth brings many new friends,
    (B)but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

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Wealth attracts many friends,(A)
but a poor man is separated from his friend.

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(A)All a poor man's brothers hate him;
    (B)how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew sentence is uncertain

All the brothers of a poor man hate him;(A)
how much more do his friends
keep their distance from him!
He may pursue them with words,(B)
but they are not there.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 19:7 Hb uncertain

17 (A)Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,
    and he (B)will repay him for his (C)deed.

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17 Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord,(A)
and He will give a reward to the lender.[a](B)

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  1. Proverbs 19:17 Lit to him

22 What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
    and a poor man is better than a liar.

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22 What is desirable in a man is his fidelity;
better to be a poor man than a liar.(A)

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13 (A)Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
    will himself call out and not be answered.

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13 The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.(A)

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(A)The rich and the poor meet together;
    the Lord is (B)the Maker of them all.

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The rich and the poor have this in common:[a]
the Lord made them both.[b](A)

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  1. Proverbs 22:2 Lit poor meet
  2. Proverbs 22:2 Lit all

(A)The rich rules over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of 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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16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
    or gives to the rich, (A)will only come to poverty.

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16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.(A)

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