Proverbs 10:15
GOD’S WORD Translation
15 The rich person’s wealth is ⌞his⌟ strong city.
Poverty ruins the poor.
Proverbs 14:20
GOD’S WORD Translation
20 A poor person is hated even by his neighbor,
but a rich person is loved by many.
Proverbs 18:23
GOD’S WORD Translation
23 A poor person is timid when begging,
but a rich person is blunt when replying.
Proverbs 19:1
GOD’S WORD Translation
19 Better to be a poor person who lives innocently
than to be one who talks dishonestly and is a fool.
Proverbs 19:4
GOD’S WORD Translation
4 Wealth adds many friends,
but a poor person is separated from his friend.
Proverbs 19:7
GOD’S WORD Translation
7 The entire family of a poor person hates him.
How much more do his friends keep their distance from him!
When he chases them with words, they are gone.
Proverbs 19:17
GOD’S WORD Translation
17 Whoever has pity on the poor lends to the Lord,
and he will repay him for his good deed.
Proverbs 19:22
GOD’S WORD Translation
22 Loyalty is desirable in a person,
and it is better to be poor than a liar.
Proverbs 21:13
GOD’S WORD Translation
13 Whoever shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will call and not be answered.
Proverbs 22:2
GOD’S WORD Translation
2 The rich and the poor have this in common:
the Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:7
GOD’S WORD Translation
7 A rich person rules poor people,
and a borrower is a slave to a lender.
Proverbs 22:16
GOD’S WORD Translation
16 Oppressing the poor for profit
⌞or⌟ giving to the rich
certainly leads to poverty.
Proverbs 22:22-23
GOD’S WORD Translation
Living with Your Neighbor
22 Do not rob the poor because they are poor
or trample on the rights of an oppressed person at the city gate,
23 because the Lord will plead their case
and will take the lives of those who rob them.
Proverbs 28:3
GOD’S WORD Translation
3 A poor person who oppresses poorer people
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Proverbs 28:6
GOD’S WORD Translation
6 Better to be a poor person who has integrity
than to be rich and double-dealing.
Proverbs 29:7
GOD’S WORD Translation
7 A righteous person knows the just cause of the poor.
A wicked person does not understand this.
Proverbs 29:13
GOD’S WORD Translation
13 A poor person and an oppressor have this in common:
The Lord gives both of them sight.
Proverbs 29:14
GOD’S WORD Translation
14 When a king judges the poor with honesty,
his throne will always be secure.
Proverbs 31:20
GOD’S WORD Translation
20 She opens her hands to oppressed people
and stretches them out to needy people.
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