Proverbs 18:23

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What does Proverbs 18:23 mean?

Proverbs 18:23 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Proverbs 18:23

• James 2:3

  And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

• James 1:9-11

  Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

• Exodus 5:2

  And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

• James 2:6

  But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

• 1 Samuel 25:17

  Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

• Isaiah 66:2

  For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

• 2 Kings 4:1-2

  Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.

• Genesis 42:7

  And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

• Ruth 2:7

  And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

• 1 Samuel 2:36

  And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

• Genesis 42:30

  The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

• Matthew 5:3

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

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Context

• Proverbs 18:22

  Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

• Proverbs 18:23

  The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

• Proverbs 18:24

  A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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