Cross references
Proverbs 18:23
The poor man pleads for mercy,
but the rich man answers harshly.
Proverbs 18:23 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to James 2:3 (5 votes) and Exodus 5:2 (4 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 42 to James 2.
Which verses does Proverbs 18:23 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- James 2:35 votes
If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,”
- Exodus 5:24 votes
But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
- James 1:9–114 votes
The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position. But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. …
- James 2:64 votes
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
- 1 Samuel 25:173 votes
Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
- 2 Kings 4:1–23 votes
Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!” “How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”
- Isaiah 66:23 votes
Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
- Genesis 42:72 votes
And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
- Genesis 42:302 votes
“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
- Ruth 2:72 votes
She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
- 1 Samuel 2:362 votes
- 1 Samuel 25:102 votes
- Matthew 5:32 votes
Which verses point to Proverbs 18:23?
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