OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 23

Proverbs 18:23

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The poor plead for mercy,

but the rich answer harshly.

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Proverbs 18:20–24

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
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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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