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

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Footnotes

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

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

24 One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
    but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.(A)

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