Proverbs 14:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich have many friends.

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  • Prov 19:4 : 4 Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbor.
  • Prov 19:6-7 : 6 Many will entreat the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts. 7 All the brethren of the poor hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him? He pursues them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
  • Esth 3:2 : 2 And all the king's servants who were in the king's gate bowed and reverenced Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow, nor did he show reverence.
  • Esth 5:10-11 : 10 Nevertheless Haman restrained 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, 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 you are nothing; you see my downfall and are afraid. 22 Did I say, Bring to 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 has put my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances are truly estranged from me. 14 My relatives have failed, and my close friends have forgotten me.
  • Job 30:10 : 10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and do not hesitate 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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  • Prov 19:4
    87%

    4 Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

  • Prov 14:21
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    21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

  • Prov 19:6-7
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    82%

    6 Many will entreat the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts.

    7 All the brethren of the poor hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him? He pursues them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Prov 18:23-24
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    77%

    23 The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

    24 A man who has friends must show himself friendly, and there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

  • Prov 22:16
    77%

    16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 14:31
    76%

    31 He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • Prov 28:11
    75%

    11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    75%

    7 There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

    8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches, but the poor hears not rebuke.

  • Prov 28:6
    75%

    6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 28:3
    73%

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

  • Prov 28:27
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    27 He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

  • Prov 21:10
    72%

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

  • Ps 41:1
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    1 Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22 He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 28:8
    72%

    8 He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.

  • Prov 22:2
    72%

    2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

  • Prov 29:7
    72%

    7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.

  • Jas 2:6
    71%

    6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts?

  • Job 24:4
    71%

    4 They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

  • Prov 21:13
    71%

    13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

  • Prov 13:23
    71%

    23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for lack of judgment.

  • Prov 17:5
    71%

    5 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not go unpunished.

  • Ps 14:6
    71%

    6 You have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

  • Job 5:16
    71%

    16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

  • Prov 18:11
    71%

    11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own conceit.

  • Prov 29:13
    71%

    13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together; the LORD gives light to both their eyes.

  • Ps 89:41
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    41 All who pass by the way plunder him; he is a reproach to his neighbors.

  • Ps 49:2
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    2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14 The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16 A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

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    2 The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be caught in the devices they have imagined.

  • Prov 19:22
    70%

    22 The desire of a man is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17 Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and so hate you.

  • Prov 22:22
    70%

    22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

  • Eccl 5:13
    70%

    13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt.

  • Prov 19:1
    70%

    1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 22:9
    70%

    9 He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Job 6:14
    70%

    14 To him who is afflicted, pity should be shown by his friend; yet he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

  • Prov 22:7
    70%

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

  • Prov 27:10
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    10 Do not forsake your own friend, nor your father's friend, and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity; better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

  • Prov 19:17
    70%

    17 He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.

  • Exod 23:3
    70%

    3 Nor shall you show favoritism to a poor man in his dispute.

  • Prov 28:20
    69%

    20 A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.