Proverbs 14:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [hath] many friends.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:4 : 4 ¶ Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
  • Prov 19:6-7 : 6 ¶ Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts. 7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth [them with] words, [yet] they [are] wanting [to him].
  • Esth 3:2 : 2 And all the king's servants, that [were] in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did [him] reverence.
  • Esth 5:10-11 : 10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. 11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all [the things] wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
  • Job 6:21-23 : 21 For now ye are nothing; ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid. 22 ¶ Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
  • Job 19:13-14 : 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
  • Job 30:10 : 10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 ¶ The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.

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