“With supplications a poor man speaks, etc. The humble in spirit humbly worship the Lord, like the publican in the Gospel; the proud boast of their merits, like the Pharisee.”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Proverbs
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23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
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21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
— Proverbs 18:23 —
24A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.