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Thursday, April 25th, 2024
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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 10:15; Proverbs 14:20; Proverbs 18:23; Proverbs 19:1; Proverbs 19:4; Proverbs 19:7; Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 19:22; Proverbs 21:13; Proverbs 22:2; Proverbs 22:7; Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 22:22-23; Proverbs 28:3; Proverbs 28:6; Proverbs 29:7; Proverbs 29:13; Proverbs 29:14; Proverbs 31:20
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19 verses
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Proverbs 10:15
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.
Proverbs 14:20
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.
A poor man pleads for mercy, but a rich man answers harshly.
Proverbs 18:23
- Variant Count: 5 (45%)
The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Proverbs 19:1
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man's friend deserts him.
Proverbs 19:4
- Variant Count: 9 (56%)
Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.
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.
Proverbs 19:7
- Variant Count: 7 (23%)
The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.
He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done.
Proverbs 19:17
- Variant Count: 4 (18%)
Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.
What a man desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.
Proverbs 19:22
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.
If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered.
Proverbs 21:13
- Variant Count: 4 (21%)
Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:2
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all.
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
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 22:16
- Variant Count: 4 (19%)
One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.
Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
Proverbs 22:22
- Variant Count: 5 (22%)
Saying 2 Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.
Proverbs 22:23
- Variant Count: 4 (26%)
for the Lord will take up their case and will exact life for life.
A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.
Proverbs 28:3
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.
Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
Proverbs 28:6
- Variant Count: 3 (20%)
Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.
The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.
Proverbs 29:7
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives sight to the eyes of both.
Proverbs 29:13
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
The poor and the oppressor have this in common: The Lord gives sight to the eyes of both.
If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will always be secure.
Proverbs 29:14
- Variant Count: 3 (20%)
If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will be established forever.
She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.
Proverbs 31:20
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.
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