Proverbs 18:23 - Tree of Life Version

²³ The poor request favor, but the rich answer harshly.

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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.

Proverbs 18:23 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 42:30

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke with us harshly, and took us as spies of the land.

Genesis 42:7

Then Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down to him with faces to the ground. When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he made himself unrecognizable to them. Then he spoke harshly and said to them, “Where have you come from?” “From the land of Canaan,” they said, “to buy grain as food.”

1 Kings 12:13

The king answered the people harshly. He rejected the counsel the elders had given him,

2 Chronicles 10:13

The king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam ignored the counsel of the elders

Job 41:3

Who has confronted Me that I should repay? Everything under heaven belongs to Me.

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh said, “Who is Adonai, that I should listen to His voice and let Israel go? I do not know Adonai, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”

Proverbs 19:7

All a poor man’s relatives despise him— how much more his friends avoid him. He pursues them with words, but they are not there.

Proverbs 22:7

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

Isaiah 66:2

For My hand has made all these things, so all these things came to be,” declares Adonai. “But on this one will I look, one humble and of a contrite spirit, who trembles at My word.”

Matthew 5:3

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

James 2:3

and you pay special attention to the one wearing the fine clothing and you say, “Sit here in a good place”; and you say to the poor person, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”;

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor person. Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

Ruth 2:7

“She asked ‘Please allow me to glean and gather among the barley sheaves behind the harvesters.’ So she came and has been working in the field since morning until now, except for a little while in the shelter.”

1 Samuel 2:36

Anyone left in your household will come and bow low to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say: ‘Please, assign me to one of the priestly offices so that I may eat a morsel of bread.’”

1 Samuel 25:10

But Nabal answered David’s servants by saying, “Who is David? And who is Jesse’s son? Nowadays there are many slaves each running away from his master.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for evil is determined against our master and against all his household. But he is such a worthless fellow that no one can speak to him.”