Proverbs 18:23

English Standard Version

23 The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly. (Jas 2:3; Jas 2:6)

New International Version

23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

New International Reader’s Version

23 Poor people beg for mercy. But rich people answer in a mean way.

King James Version

23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.