Proverbs 10:15
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15 The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength;
the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 14:20
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20 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
but the lovers of the rich are many.
Proverbs 18:23
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23 The poor may speak entreaties,
but the rich will answer roughly.
Proverbs 19:1
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19 Better a poor person walking in integrity
than one who is perverse in his speech[a] and is a fool.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:1 Literally “in his lips”
Proverbs 19:4
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4 Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor will be left by his friends.
Proverbs 19:7
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7 All the brothers of the poor, if they hate him,
how much more will his friends keep away from him.
He pursues them with words, and they are gone.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:7 Or “when he pursues words and not them”
Proverbs 19:17
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17 He who lends to Yahweh is he who is kind to the poor,
and his benefits he will repay to him.
Proverbs 19:22
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22 The craving of a man is his steadfast loyalty,
and it is better to be poor than a liar.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:22 Literally “man of lying”
Proverbs 21:13
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13 He who closes his ear from the cry of the poor,
he also will cry out and not be heard.
Proverbs 22:2
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2 Rich and poor have much in common;
Yahweh is the maker of all of them.
Proverbs 22:7
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7 The rich will rule over the poor,
and the borrower is a slave of the lender.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:7 Literally “the borrower belonging to a man”
Proverbs 22:16
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16 He who oppresses the poor in order to enrich himself,
or gives to the rich, will come to poverty.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:16 Literally “only loss”
Proverbs 22:22-23
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22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;
23 For Yahweh will plead their case
and despoil those who despoil them of life.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:23 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 28:3
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3 A man who is poor and oppresses the impoverished
is a beating rain that leaves[a] no food.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:3 Literally “and there is”
Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better to be poor and walking in one’s integrity
than to be crooked of ways when one is rich.
Proverbs 29:7
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7 The righteous knows the case of the poor,
but the wicked does not understand knowledge.
Proverbs 29:13
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13 The poor and a man of oppression have this in common:
Yahweh gives light to the eyes of them both.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:13 Literally “light of the eyes of the two of them”
Proverbs 29:14
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14 A king who judges with truthfulness to the poor,
his throne will be established forever.
Proverbs 31:20
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20 Her palm she opens to the poor,
and her hand she reaches out to the needy.
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