Proverbs 18:23

A Conservative Version

A poor man uses entreaties, but a rich man answers roughly.

Cross References

James 2:3

and ye have regard for the man wearing the bright clothing, and say to him, Sit thou here well, and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit here below my footstool,

James 2:6

But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich exploit you, and they themselves drag you into courts?

Matthew 5:3

Blessed are the poor in spirit, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

Isaiah 66:2

For all these things my hand has made, and all these things came to be, says LORD. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know and consider what thou will do, for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house. For he is such a worthless fellow that [a man] cannot speak to him.

1 Samuel 25:10

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

1 Samuel 2:36

And it shall come to pass, that everyone who is left in thy 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 morse

Ruth 2:7

And she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather behind the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she tarried a little in the house.

Exodus 5:2

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

Genesis 42:30

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

Genesis 42:7

And Joseph saw his brothers, and he knew them, but made himself foreign to them, and spoke roughly with them. And he said to them. From where 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,

Proverbs 19:7

All the brothers of a poor man hate him, how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues [with] words, [but] they are gone.

Proverbs 22:7

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

Job 41:3

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