Verse 20

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.