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Proverbs 18:23
The poore speaketh with prayers: but the rich answereth roughly.
Proverbs 18:23 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 18:23 in other translations
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
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In context
20 With the fruite of a mans mouth shall his belly be satisfied, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
21 Death and life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.
22 He that findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and receiueth fauour of the Lord.
23 The poore speaketh with prayers: but the rich answereth roughly.
24 A man that hath friends, ought to shew him selfe friendly: for a friend is neerer then a brother.
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