17
A sinner has no more in common with a devout person than a wolf has with a lamb.
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Rich people have no more in common with poor people than hyenas have with dogs.
19
The rich hunt down the poor just as lions hunt down wild donkeys in the open country.
20
Arrogant people have nothing but scorn for the humble, and the rich think of the poor in the same way.
21
When a rich person stumbles, his friends will steady him, but if a poor person falls, his friends will have nothing to do with him.
22
When someone rich makes a mistake, there are many people to cover up for him and explain away all the things he never should have said. But let someone poor make a mistake, and he gets nothing but criticism. Even if what he says makes good sense, nobody will listen.
23
When a rich person speaks, everyone is silent, and they praise him to the skies for what he says. But let a poor person speak, and everybody says, "Who is that?" They push him down if he so much as stumbles.
24
There is nothing wrong with being rich if you haven't sinned to get that way. But there is nothing sinful about being poor, either. Only the ungodly think so.
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It's what is in your heart that makes the expression on your face happy or sad.