Proverbs 19:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 38:11 : 11 My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.
  • Prov 19:4 : 4 Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.
  • Prov 18:23 : 23 The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.
  • Eccl 9:15-16 : 15 Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man. 16 Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.
  • Luke 18:38-40 : 38 And he said in a loud voice, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. 39 And those who were in front made protests and said to him, Be quiet: but he said all the more, O Son of David, have mercy on me. 40 And Jesus, stopping, gave orders that he was to come to him, and when he came near, he said to him,
  • Jas 2:6 : 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?
  • Jas 2:15-16 : 15 If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food, 16 And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?
  • 1 John 3:17-18 : 17 But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him? 18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.
  • Ps 88:8 : 8 You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.
  • Ps 88:18 : 18 You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.
  • Prov 14:20 : 20 The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:20-21
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    20 The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

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

  • Prov 19:3-4
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    80%

    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

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

  • Prov 19:6
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    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.

  • Job 19:13-14
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    74%

    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.

  • Prov 18:23-24
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    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.

  • Job 19:19
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    19 All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.

  • Prov 22:16
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    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.

  • Ps 41:6-7
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    6 If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.

    7 All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11 The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

  • Job 6:14
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    14 He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.

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

  • 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 28:6
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    6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

  • Prov 13:7
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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.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8 He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

  • Ps 38:11
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    11 My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.

  • Job 6:27
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    27 Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.

  • Job 18:18
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    18 He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

  • Prov 17:17-19
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    17 A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

    18 A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

    19 The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.

  • Prov 25:17
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    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 27:10
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    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 19:22
    70%

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

  • Ps 36:3
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    3 In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

  • Amos 5:10
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    10 They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

  • Ps 10:2
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    2 The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

  • Ps 50:17
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    17 Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.

  • 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 28:22
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    22 He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

  • Job 17:5
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    5 As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.

  • Ps 109:16-17
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    69%

    16 Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

    17 As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

  • Prov 16:28
    69%

    28 A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

  • Isa 32:7
    69%

    7 The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.

  • Jer 20:10
    69%

    10 For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.

  • Eccl 9:16
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    16 Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

  • Prov 28:8
    69%

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

  • Prov 28:27
    69%

    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 14:17
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    17 He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

  • Prov 11:27
    69%

    27 He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

  • Job 24:4
    69%

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

  • Job 20:19
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    19 Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

  • Job 34:19
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    19 Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15 The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.