Proverbs 18:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²³ The poor useth entreaties: But the rich answereth roughly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ The poor useth intreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ The poor man uses entreaties, but the rich answers roughly.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.

Common English Bible

²³ The poor plead for help, but the wealthy answer harshly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ The poor will speak with supplications. And the rich will express themselves roughly.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak roughly.

Proverbs 18:23 Cross References

Genesis 42:30

The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

Genesis 42:7

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

1 Kings 12:13

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him;

2 Chronicles 10:13

And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

Job 41:3

Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?

Exodus 5:2

And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go.

Proverbs 19:7

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, but they are gone.

Proverbs 22:7

The rich ruleth over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.

Isaiah 66:2

For all these things hath mine hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.

Matthew 5:3

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

James 2:3

and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool;

James 2:6

But ye have dishonoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgement-seats?

Ruth 2:7

And she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, save that she tarried a little in the house.

1 Samuel 2:36

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

1 Samuel 25:10

And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a son of Belial, that one cannot speak to him.