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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 10:15; Proverbs 11:24-26; Proverbs 13:23; Proverbs 15:25; Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 19:4; Proverbs 19:7; Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 21:13; Proverbs 22:9; Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 22:22-23; Proverbs 24:11-12; Proverbs 28:3; Proverbs 28:27; Proverbs 31:8-9
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21 verses
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Proverbs 10:15
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The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Proverbs 11:24
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One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
Proverbs 11:25
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A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
Proverbs 11:26
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People curse the man who hoards grain, but blessing crowns him who is willing to sell.
Proverbs 13:23
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A poor man's field may produce abundant food, but injustice sweeps it away.
Proverbs 15:25
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The LORD tears down the proud man's house but he keeps the widow's boundaries intact.
Proverbs 17:5
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He who mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 19:4
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Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man's friend deserts him.
Proverbs 19:7
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A poor man is shunned by all his relatives- how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he pursues them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found. (F34)
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Proverbs 19:17
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He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD , and he will reward him for what he has done.
Proverbs 21:13
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If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered.
Proverbs 22:9
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A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
Proverbs 22:16
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He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich-both come to poverty. Sayings of the Wise
Proverbs 22:22
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Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
Proverbs 22:23
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for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.
Proverbs 24:11
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Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.
Proverbs 24:12
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If you say, "But we knew nothing about this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay each person according to what he has done?
Proverbs 28:3
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A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.
Proverbs 28:27
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He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses.
Proverbs 31:8
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"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
Proverbs 31:9
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Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy." Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character
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