Proverbs 14:20

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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.

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  • Prov 19:4
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    4Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor person is abandoned by their friends.

  • Prov 14:21
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    21Whoever despises their neighbor sins, but blessed is the one who is kind to the poor.

  • Prov 19:6-7
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    6Many seek the favor of a generous person, and everyone is a friend to the one who gives gifts.

    7All 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.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

  • Prov 18:23-24
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    23The poor speak with supplications, but the rich answer harshly.

    24A person with unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

  • Prov 28:11
    75%

    11A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with understanding will see right through him.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7One pretends to be rich yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor yet has great wealth.

    8A person's wealth may ransom their life, but the poor hear no threat.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in his ways and rich.

  • Prov 28:3
    73%

    3A poor man who oppresses the needy is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but one who hides his eyes will receive many curses.

  • Prov 21:10
    72%

    10The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1For the director of music, a psalm of David.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19Evil people will bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8Whoever increases his wealth by charging interest and unfair gain gathers it for one who is kind to the poor.

  • Prov 22:2
    72%

    2The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the Maker of them all.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous care about the justice of the poor, but the wicked have no understanding of it.

  • Jas 2:6
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    6But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

  • Job 24:4
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    4They turn the needy off the path, and the poor of the land are forced to hide together.

  • Prov 21:13
    71%

    13Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23An abundance of food may come from the land of the poor, but it is sometimes swept away for lack of justice.

  • Prov 17:5
    71%

    5Whoever mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

  • Ps 14:6
    71%

    6You frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.

  • Job 5:16
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    16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

  • Prov 18:11
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    11The wealth of the rich is like their fortified city; they imagine it is a wall too high to scale.

  • Prov 29:13
    71%

    13The poor and the oppressor meet together; the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

  • Ps 89:41
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    41You have broken through all his walls; you have reduced his strongholds to ruins.

  • Ps 49:2
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    2Listen to this, all you peoples; give ear, all who dwell on the earth,

  • Ps 37:14
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    14The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and the needy, to slaughter those whose ways are upright.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Ps 10:2
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    2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

  • Prov 19:22
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    22What is desirable in a person is kindness, and it is better to be poor than a liar.

  • Prov 25:17
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    17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

  • Prov 22:22
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    22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate.

  • Eccl 5:13
    70%

    13Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.

  • Prov 19:1
    70%

    1Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be a fool with twisted lips.

  • Prov 22:9
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    9The generous person will be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

  • Job 6:14
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    14To him who is despairing, kindness should come from his friend, or he will forsake the fear of the Almighty.

  • Prov 22:7
    70%

    7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Prov 27:10
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    10Do not abandon your friend or your father's friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in your day of disaster; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

  • Prov 19:17
    70%

    17Whoever is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his good deed.

  • Exod 23:3
    70%

    3Do not show partiality to a poor person in his lawsuit.

  • Prov 28:20
    69%

    20A faithful man will abound in blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.