Proverbs 10:15
The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.
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- Prov 18:11 : 11 The wealth of the rich `is' the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.
- Prov 19:7 : 7 All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words -- they are not!
- Ps 52:7 : 7 `Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'
- Mark 10:24 : 24 And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, `Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!
- Luke 12:19 : 19 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
- 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --
- Prov 14:20 : 20 Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich `are' many.
- Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,' 25 If I rejoice because great `is' my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,
- Ps 49:6 : 6 Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
- Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob not the poor because he `is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate. 23 For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.
- Eccl 7:12 : 12 For wisdom `is' a defense, money `is' a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom `is', She reviveth her possessors.
- Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,
- Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Wo `to' those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is -- to God. 2 And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.
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11 The wealth of the rich `is' the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.
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20 Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich `are' many.
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11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.
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16 He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
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7 There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth `is' abundant.
8 The ransom of a man's life `are' his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.
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4 Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.
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11 And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
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23 Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.
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15 and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!
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34 And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
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13 There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.
14 And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!
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4 Poor `is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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3 A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, `Is' a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
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8 Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
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31 An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
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16 Better `is' the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.
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15 And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
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14 The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool `is' near ruin.
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6 Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
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10 and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;
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6 `In' the house of the righteous `is' abundant strength, And in the increase of the wicked -- trouble.
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16 The wage of the righteous `is' for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.
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11 Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.
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7 The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.
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23 `With' supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.
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2 Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
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11 Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.
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22 The blessing of Jehovah -- it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it.
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1 Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon `you';
2 your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
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7 `Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'
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22 Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
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6 Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
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28 Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
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4 Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.
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10 He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.
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21 A fearful voice `is' in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.
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22 A city of the mighty hath the wise gone up, And bringeth down the strength of its confidence.
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19 For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
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1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.
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25 The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.
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28 And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
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27 Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
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11 By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.
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6 The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah `is' his refuge.