Proverbs 18:23
The poor plead for mercy, 2 but the rich answer harshly. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
In Context
22Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, 2 and obtains favor of Adonai. 1
Cross References
Genesis 42:7Joseph [May he add] saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan [Humbled] to buy food.”
Exodus 5:2Pharaoh said, “Who is Adonai, that I should sh'ma ·hear obey· his voice to let Israel [God prevails] go? I don’t know Adonai, and moreover I will not let Israel [God prevails] go.”
Isaiah 66:2For my hand has made all these things, + 66:2. (1-2) Quoted in Acts 7:49-50 2 and so all these things came to be,” says Adonai: 1 “but to this man will I look, 2 even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, 2 and who trembles at my word. 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 →