Proverbs 14:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

A poor person will be disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:4 : 4 Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.
  • Prov 19:6-7 : 6 Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts. 7 All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him– one who chases words, which are nothing.
  • Esth 3:2 : 2 As a result, all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate were bowing and paying homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded. However, Mordecai did not bow, nor did he pay him homage.
  • Esth 5:10-11 : 10 But Haman restrained himself and went on to his home.He then sent for his friends to join him, along with his wife Zeresh. 11 Haman then recounted to them his fabulous wealth, his many sons, and how the king had magnified him and exalted him over the king’s other officials and servants.
  • Job 6:21-23 : 21 For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid. 22 Friends’ Fears“Have I ever said,‘Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’? 23 Or‘Deliver me from the enemy’s power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me’?
  • Job 19:13-14 : 13 Job’s Forsaken State“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me. 14 My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me.
  • Job 30:10 : 10 They detest me and maintain their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 19:4
    87%

    4Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

  • Prov 14:21
    84%

    21The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.

  • Prov 19:6-7
    2 verses
    82%

    6Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.

    7All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him– one who chases words, which are nothing.

  • Prov 10:15
    78%

    15The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

  • Prov 18:23-24
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    77%

    23A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.

    24There are companions who harm one another, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

  • Prov 22:16
    77%

    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 14:31
    76%

    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

  • Prov 28:11
    75%

    11A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

    8The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, thus the poor person has never heard a threat.

  • Prov 28:6
    75%

    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Prov 28:3
    73%

    3A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

  • Prov 21:10
    72%

    10The appetite of the wicked has desired evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.

  • Ps 41:1
    72%

    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him.

  • Prov 28:22
    72%

    22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

  • Prov 14:19
    72%

    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.

  • Prov 28:8
    72%

    8The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

  • Prov 22:2
    72%

    2The rich and the poor are met together; the LORD is the Creator of them both.

  • Prov 29:7
    72%

    7The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

  • Jas 2:6
    71%

    6But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?

  • Job 24:4
    71%

    4They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together.

  • Prov 21:13
    71%

    13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

  • Prov 13:23
    71%

    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Prov 17:5
    71%

    5The one who mocks the poor has insulted his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

  • Ps 14:6
    71%

    6You want to humiliate the oppressed, even though the LORD is their shelter.

  • Job 5:16
    71%

    16Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

  • Prov 18:11
    71%

    11The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.

  • Prov 29:13
    71%

    13The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the LORD gives light to the eyes of them both.

  • Ps 89:41
    71%

    41All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.

  • Ps 49:2
    71%

    2Pay attention, all you people, both rich and poor!

  • Ps 37:14
    71%

    14Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

  • Ps 37:16
    70%

    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Ps 10:2
    70%

    2The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

  • Prov 19:22
    70%

    22What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar.

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

  • Prov 22:22
    70%

    22Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

  • Eccl 5:13
    70%

    13Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

  • Prov 19:1
    70%

    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • Prov 22:9
    70%

    9A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.

  • Job 6:14
    70%

    14Disappointing Friends“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes 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
    70%

    10Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

  • Prov 19:17
    70%

    17The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.

  • Exod 23:3
    70%

    3and you must not show partiality to a poor man in his lawsuit.

  • Prov 28:20
    69%

    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.