Proverbs 18:23

English Standard Version 2016

The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

Cross References

James 2:3

and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,”

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?

Matthew 5:3

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

Isaiah 66:2

All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know this and consider what you should do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him.”

1 Samuel 25:10

And Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters.

1 Samuel 2:36

And everyone who is left in your house shall come to implore him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and shall say, “Please put me in one of the priests’ places, that I may eat a morsel of bread.”’”

Ruth 2:7

She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers.’ So she came, and she has continued from early morning until now, except for a short rest.”

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover, I will not let Israel go.”

Genesis 42:30

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us and took us to be spies of the land.

Genesis 42:7

Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

1 Kings 12:13

And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him,

2 Chronicles 10:13

And the king answered them harshly; and forsaking the counsel of the old men,

Proverbs 19:7

All a poor man’s brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.

Proverbs 22:7

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

Job 41:3

Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak to you soft words?