Proverbs 18:23

World English Bible (2000)

The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 2:3 : 3 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, "Sit here in a good place;" and you tell the poor man, "Stand there," or "Sit by my footstool;"
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
  • Gen 42:7 : 7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."
  • Gen 42:30 : 30 "The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
  • Exod 5:2 : 2 Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go."
  • Ruth 2:7 : 7 She said, 'Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.' So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house."
  • 1 Sam 2:36 : 36 It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, "Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'"
  • 1 Sam 25:10 : 10 Nabal answered David's servants, and said, "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to him."
  • 2 Kgs 4:1-2 : 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, "Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves." 2 Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me: what do you have in the house?" She said, "Your handmaid has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil."
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 For all these things has my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be," says Yahweh: "but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
  • Matt 5:3 : 3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
  • Jas 1:9-9 : 9 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position; 10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away. 11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.

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    20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

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    11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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  • Prov 19:6-7
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  • Prov 28:6
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    6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

  • Prov 21:13
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    13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

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    31 He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

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    7 The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3 A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

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    15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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    8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

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    17 He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

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    5 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

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    6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?

  • Prov 19:1
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  • Prov 28:22-23
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