King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 18:23
“The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 18
21
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
22
[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
23
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
24
A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.