Proverbs 14:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:4 : 4 Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.
  • Prov 19:6-7 : 6 Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give. 7 All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...
  • Esth 3:2 : 2 And all the king's servants who were in the king's house went down to the earth before Haman and gave him honour: for so the king had given orders. But Mordecai did not go down before him or give him honour.
  • Esth 5:10-11 : 10 But controlling himself, he went to his house; and he sent for his friends and Zeresh, his wife. 11 And he gave them an account of the glories of his wealth, and the number of children he had, and the ways in which he had been honoured by the king, and how he had put him over the captains and servants of the king.
  • Job 6:21-23 : 21 So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear. 22 Did I say, Give me something? or, Make a payment for me out of your wealth? 23 Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?
  • Job 19:13-14 : 13 He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me. 14 My relations and my near friends have given me up, and those living in my house have put me out of their minds.
  • Job 30:10 : 10 I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me.
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

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  • Prov 19:4
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    4 Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.

  • Prov 14:21
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    21 He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.

  • Prov 19:6-7
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    82%

    6 Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.

    7 All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...

  • Prov 10:15
    78%

    15 The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

  • Prov 18:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23 The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.

    24 There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

  • Prov 22:16
    77%

    16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Prov 14:31
    76%

    31 He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

  • Prov 28:11
    75%

    11 The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

    8 A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.

  • Prov 28:6
    75%

    6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3 A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.

  • Prov 28:27
    73%

    27 He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

  • Prov 21:10
    72%

    10 The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.

  • Ps 41:1
    72%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

  • Prov 28:22
    72%

    22 He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

  • Prov 14:19
    72%

    19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 28:8
    72%

    8 He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

  • Prov 22:2
    72%

    2 The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

  • Prov 29:7
    72%

    7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Jas 2:6
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    6 But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

  • Job 24:4
    71%

    4 The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.

  • Prov 21:13
    71%

    13 He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

  • Prov 13:23
    71%

    23 There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

  • Prov 17:5
    71%

    5 Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

  • Ps 14:6
    71%

    6 You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.

  • Job 5:16
    71%

    16 So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

  • Prov 18:11
    71%

    11 The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.

  • Prov 29:13
    71%

    13 The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.

  • Ps 89:41
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    41 All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.

  • Ps 49:2
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    2 High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.

  • Ps 37:14
    71%

    14 The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

  • Ps 37:16
    70%

    16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

  • Ps 10:2
    70%

    2 The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

  • Prov 19:22
    70%

    22 The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17 Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

  • Prov 22:22
    70%

    22 Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13 And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 22:9
    70%

    9 He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Job 6:14
    70%

    14 He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.

  • Prov 22:7
    70%

    7 The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

  • Prov 27:10
    70%

    10 Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

  • Prov 19:17
    70%

    17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

  • Exod 23:3
    70%

    3 But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.

  • Prov 28:20
    69%

    20 A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.