Proverbs 18:23
The poor useth entreaties, 1 but the oisher answereth roughly. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
In Context
22He who findeth an isha (wife) findeth tov, 1 and obtaineth ratzon (favor) from Hashem. 1
Cross References
Genesis 42:7And Yosef saw his achim, and he recognized them, but made himself a stranger unto them, and spoke roughly unto them; and he said unto them, From where come ye? And they said, From Eretz Kena'an to buy ochel.
Exodus 5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is Hashem, that I should obey His voice to let Yisroel go? I know not Hashem, neither will I let Yisroel go.
1 Samuel 2:36And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine Bais shall come and bow before him + 2:36 i.e., the Kohen Ne'eman to get an agorat kesef (a silver coin) and a kikar lechem (loaf of bread), and shall say, Put me please into one of the Kehunnot (Divisions of the Kehunah), that I may get a piece of lechem to eat.
1 Samuel 25:17Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for ra'ah is determined against adoneinu, and against all his bais; for he is such a ben Beliyaal, that a man cannot speak to him.
Job 41:3Mi (who) hath given Me, that I must repay him? 1 Whatsoever is under the kol HaShomayim is Mine. 1
Isaiah 66:2For all those things hath Mine hand made, 1 and so came they all into being, 1 saith Hashem; 1 but to this man will I look, 1 even to him that is oni and of a contrite ruach, 1 and trembleth at My Devar. 1
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 →