Proverbs 18:23
The poor beg for mercy, but the rich reply harshly.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
In Context
22If you find a wife, that's great, and you'll be blessed by the Lord.
24Some friends give up on you, but there's a friend who stays closer to you than a brother.
Cross References
Genesis 42:7Joseph recognized them as soon as he saw them, but he acted like a stranger towards them and spoke to them in a severe way, saying, “Where are you from?” “From the country of Canaan,” they replied. “We've come to buy food.”
Exodus 5:2“Who is this ‘Lord’ that I should listen to his request to let Israel go?” Pharaoh replied. “I don't know the Lord and I certainly won't let Israel leave!”
1 Samuel 2:36Every one of your descendants who is left will come and bow down to him, asking for money and food, saying, ‘Please give me work as a priest so that I can have food to eat.’”
1 Samuel 25:17You should know what happened and consider what you should do about it. Disaster is about to strike our master and his whole family, but he's so obnoxious no one can talk sense into him!”
Job 41:3Will it beg you to let it go? Or will it talk softly to you?
Isaiah 66:2I made everything; that's how it all came into existence, says the Lord. Those I look favorably on are humble and repentant, and they tremble when I speak.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:23
22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord . Note, 1. A good wife is a great blessing to a man. He that finds a wife (that is, a wife indeed; a bad wife does not deserve to be called by a name of so much honour), that finds a help meet for him (that is a wife in the original acceptation of the word), that sought such a one with care and prayer and has found what he sought, he has found a good thing, a jewel of great value, a rare jewel; he has found that which will not only… Read the whole commentary →