Proverbs 19:4

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Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor person is abandoned by their friends.

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  • Prov 14:20 : 20 The poor are hated even by their own neighbors, but the rich have many 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.
  • Luke 15:13-15 : 13 Not long after, the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in reckless living. 14 After he had spent everything, a severe famine arose throughout that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
  • Job 6:15-23 : 15 My brothers have acted deceitfully, like a wadi, like streams that flow away. 16 Streams dark with ice, where the snow conceals itself, 17 but when they are warmed, they vanish; when heated, they disappear from their place. 18 Caravans turn aside from their paths; they go into the wasteland and perish. 19 The caravans of Tema look for them, the travelers of Sheba expect them. 20 They are ashamed because they trusted; they arrive there and are disappointed. 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 19:13-17 : 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. 15 The guests in my house and my maidservants regard me as a stranger; I have become a foreigner in their eyes. 16 I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I must plead with him with my own mouth. 17 My breath is offensive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own children.
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:20-21
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    20 The poor are hated even by their own neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

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

  • Prov 19:6-7
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    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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 28:11
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    11 A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with understanding will see right through him.

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

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

  • Prov 22:1-2
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    1 A good name is more desirable than great wealth; being esteemed is better than silver or gold.

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

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

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

  • Prov 19:1
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    1 Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be a fool with twisted lips.

  • Luke 16:9
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    9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves using worldly wealth so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

  • Prov 27:10
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    10 Do 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 28:27
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    27 Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but one who hides his eyes will receive many curses.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4 Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19 Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but the one who chases worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

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

  • Prov 17:17-18
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    17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

    18 A person who lacks sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for their neighbor.

  • Ps 49:6
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    6 Why should I fear in evil days, when iniquity surrounds me, at my heels?

  • Prov 21:17
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    17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will not become rich.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22 The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and He adds no sorrow with it.

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

  • Prov 19:17
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    17 Whoever is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his good deed.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24 One person gives freely and gains even more; another withholds what is right and comes to poverty.

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    14 Cast your lot among us; we will all have one purse.

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

  • Prov 18:16
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    16 A person's gift opens doors for him and brings him into the presence of the great.

  • Prov 16:28
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    28 A perverse person spreads conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

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

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

  • Prov 22:7
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    7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11 Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

  • Eccl 9:16
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    16 So I said, 'Wisdom is better than strength.' But the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.

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

  • Prov 6:11
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    11 and poverty will come upon you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13 Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.

  • Luke 12:21
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    21 So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

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

  • Deut 15:4
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    4 However, there should be no poor among you, for the Lord will certainly bless you in the land He is giving you as an inheritance to possess.