Proverbs 19:4
Lexham English Bible
4 Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor will be left by his friends.
Proverbs 19:4
World English Bible
4 Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor is separated from his friend.
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
World English Bible
6 Many will entreat the favor of a ruler,
and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
7 All the relatives of the poor shun him:
how much more do his friends avoid him!
He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
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
World English Bible
2 The rich and the poor have this in common:
Yahweh is the maker of them all.
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
World English Bible
7 The rich rule over the poor.
The borrower is servant to 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
World English Bible
4 Don’t weary yourself to be rich.
In your wisdom, show restraint.
5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
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
World English Bible
7 A full soul loathes a honeycomb;
but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing 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
World English Bible
6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity,
than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
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
World English Bible
8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest
gathers it for one who has pity on 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
World English Bible
11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes;
but the poor who has understanding sees through him.
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
World English Bible
20 A faithful man is rich with blessings;
but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
21 To show partiality is not good;
yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
22 A stingy man hurries after riches,
and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.
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