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Proverbs 18:23
The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
Proverbs 18:23 · New Heart English 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 A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the Lord.
23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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