PROVERBS—NOTE ON Proverbs 13:23 The causes of poverty are complex. It can be caused by injustice and oppression (as here; compare Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 28:3, Proverbs 28:15); by laziness (Proverbs 6:9; Proverbs 28:19); by God’s punishment on wickedness (Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 13:25); or by his mysterious providence (e.g., Proverbs 22:2).

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