Bede
Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“With supplications a poor man speaks, etc. The humble in spirit humbly worship the Lord, like the publican in the Gospel; the proud boast of their merits, like the Pharisee.”
The interpretation timeline
Prov 18:23
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Prov 18:23 · Douay-Rheims
“The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak roughly.”
Patristic
before A.D. 750
735
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.