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Proverbs 18:23

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The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

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  1. Proverbs 18:21

    Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

  2. Proverbs 18:22

    Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

  3. Proverbs 18:24

    A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.