²² Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah. ²³ The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly. ²⁴ He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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James 2:3

and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool;

Genesis 42:7

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them. Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

Genesis 42:30

The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

Exodus 5:2

And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.

Ruth 2:7

And she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, save that she tarried a little in the house.

1 Samuel 2:36

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

1 Samuel 25:10

And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow, that one cannot speak to him.

2 Kings 4:1-2

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.

Isaiah 66:2

For all these things hath my hand made, and'so all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.

Matthew 5:3

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

James 1:9-11

But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:

James 2:6

But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

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