Proverbs 19:4
Lexham English Bible
4 Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor will be left by his friends.
Proverbs 19:4
English Standard Version
Proverbs 19:6-7
Lexham English Bible
6 Many will seek favor before the generous,
and everyone is the friend of a man of gifts.[a]
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.[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:6 Hebrew “gift”
- Proverbs 19:7 Or “when he pursues words and not them”
Proverbs 19:6-7
English Standard Version
6 Many seek the favor of a generous man,[a]
and everyone is a friend to a man who gives (A)gifts.
7 (B)All a poor man's brothers hate him;
(C)how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:6 Or of a noble
- Proverbs 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew sentence is uncertain
Proverbs 22:2
Lexham English Bible
2 Rich and poor have much in common;
Yahweh is the maker of all of them.
Proverbs 22:2
English Standard Version
Proverbs 22:7
Lexham English Bible
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 22:7
English Standard Version
7 (A)The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Proverbs 23:4-5
Lexham English Bible
4 Do not tire in order to become rich;
out of your understanding, may you desist.
5 Your eyes will alight[a] on it, but there is nothing to it,
for suddenly it will make for itself wings
like an eagle and it will be exhausted in the heavens.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:5 Literally “cause to fly”
Proverbs 23:4-5
English Standard Version
4 (A)Do not toil to acquire wealth;
(B)be discerning enough to desist.
5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
(C)for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 27:7
Lexham English Bible
7 An appetite[a] that is sated spurns honey,
but to an appetite[b] that is ravenous, all bitterness is sweet.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:7 Literally “soul”
- Proverbs 27:7 Literally “soul”
Proverbs 27:7
English Standard Version
7 One who is full loathes (A)honey,
but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
Proverbs 28:6
Lexham English Bible
6 Better to be poor and walking in one’s integrity
than to be crooked of ways when one is rich.
Proverbs 28:6
English Standard Version
6 (A)Better is a poor man who (B)walks in his integrity
than a rich man who is (C)crooked in his ways.
Proverbs 28:8
Lexham English Bible
8 He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury
gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
Proverbs 28:8
English Standard Version
8 Whoever multiplies his wealth (A)by interest and profit[a]
(B)gathers it for him who is (C)generous to the poor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:8 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor
Proverbs 28:11
Lexham English Bible
11 A man of wealth is wise in his own eyes,
but the intelligent poor sees through him.
Proverbs 28:11
English Standard Version
11 A rich man is wise in his (A)own eyes,
but a poor man who has understanding (B)will find him out.
Proverbs 28:20-22
Lexham English Bible
20 A man of faithfulness has abundant blessings,
but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.
21 Showing partiality[a] is not good,
and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.
22 He who hurries for wealth is a man with an evil eye,[b]
but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:21 Literally “Recognizing faces”
- Proverbs 28:22 Literally “a man of evil of eye”
Proverbs 28:20-22
English Standard Version
20 A faithful man will abound with blessings,
but whoever hastens to be rich (A)will not go unpunished.
21 To show (B)partiality is not good,
but for (C)a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
22 A (D)stingy man[a] (E)hastens after wealth
and does not know that (F)poverty will come upon him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:22 Hebrew A man whose eye is evil
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