Proverbs 18:23

In 10 translations

BSB

The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.

KJV

The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

WEB

The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

ASV

The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.

LSV

The poor speaks [with] supplications, || And the rich answers fierce things.

YLT

[With] supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.

DBY

He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.

DRC

The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak roughly.

GNV

The poore speaketh with prayers: but the rich answereth roughly.

JPS

The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth impudently.

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Original-language editions

WLC

תַּחֲנוּנִ֥ים יְדַבֶּר־רָ֑שׁ וְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר יַעֲנֶ֥ה עַזּֽוֹת׃

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• James 2:3If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,”
• James 1:9–11The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position. But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. For the sun rises with scorching…
• James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
• Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
• 2 Kings 4:1–2Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his…
• Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
• 1 Samuel 25:17Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
• Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Ruth 2:7She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
• 1 Samuel 2:36And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”
• 1 Samuel 25:10But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
• Genesis 42:30“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
• Genesis 42:7And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).