Proverbs 18:23-24

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²³The poor use entreaties,
but the rich answer roughly.
²⁴Some^[a] friends play at friendship^[b]
but a true friend sticks closer than one’s nearest kin.

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Proverbs 18:24 Syr Tg: Heb A man of
Proverbs 18:24 Cn Compare Syr Vg Tg: Meaning of Heb uncertain

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