Verse 20

The poor are hated even by their own neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

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  • Prov 19:4 : 4 Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor person is abandoned by their friends.
  • Prov 19:6-7 : 6 Many seek the favor of a generous person, and everyone is a friend to the one who gives gifts. 7 All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him. He pursues them with words, but they are not there.
  • Esth 3:2 : 2 All the king's servants who were at the king's gate would bow down and pay homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai would not bow or pay homage.
  • Esth 5:10-11 : 10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. He sent for his friends and his wife Zeresh. 11 Haman recounted to them the splendor of his wealth, the number of his sons, and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the officials and servants of the king.
  • Job 6:21-23 : 21 For now you have become like nothing to him; you see terror and are afraid. 22 Have I said, ‘Give to me,’ or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’? 23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,’ or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?
  • Job 19:13-14 : 13 He has driven my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances have turned against me. 14 My relatives have ceased to be close, and my close friends have forgotten me.
  • Job 30:10 : 10 They detest me and keep far from me; they do not refrain from spitting in my face.
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.