Proverbs 18:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²³ The poor person pleads, but the rich one answers 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 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 42:30

‘The man who is the lord of the country spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

Genesis 42:7

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognised them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them. ‘Where do you come from? ’ he asked. ‘From the land of Canaan to buy food,’ they replied.

1 Kings 12:13

Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him

2 Chronicles 10:13

Then the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the elders’ advice

Job 41:3

Will he beg you for mercy or speak softly to you?

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh responded, ‘Who is the Lord that I should obey him by letting Israel go?  I don’t know  the Lord, and besides, I will not let Israel go.’

Proverbs 19:7

All the brothers of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends keep their distance from him! He may pursue them with words, but they are not there.

Proverbs 22:7

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

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the  Lord’s declaration. I will look favourably on this kind of person: one who is humble,  submissive   in spirit, and trembles at my word.

Matthew 5:3

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

James 2:3

if you look with favour on the one wearing the fine clothes and say, ‘Sit here in a good place,’ and yet you say to the poor person, ‘Stand over there,’ or ‘Sit here on the floor by my footstool,’

James 2:6

Yet you have dishonoured the poor.  Don’t the rich oppress you and drag  you into court?

Ruth 2:7

She asked, “Will you let me gather fallen corn among the bundles behind the harvesters? ” She came and has been on her feet since early morning, except that she rested a little in the shelter.’

1 Samuel 2:36

Anyone who is left in your family will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread. He will say: Please appoint me to some priestly office so I can have a piece of bread to eat.” ’

1 Samuel 25:10

Nabal asked them, ‘Who is David?  Who is Jesse’s son? Many slaves these days are running away from their masters.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now consider carefully  what you should do, because there is certain to be trouble for our master and his entire family. He is such a worthless fool nobody can talk to him! ’