Proverbs 19:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If you are poor, your own relatives reject you, and your friends are worse. When you really need them, they are not there.

Cross References

Psalm 38:11

Because of my sickness, no friends or neighbours will come near me.

Psalm 38:12

All who want me dead set traps to catch me, and those who want to harm and destroy me plan and plot all day.

Psalm 88:18

My friends and neighbours have turned against me because of you, and now darkness is my only companion.

Psalm 88:8

You have made my friends turn in horror from me. I am a prisoner who cannot escape,

Proverbs 10:15

Great wealth can be a fortress, but poverty is no protection at all.

Proverbs 14:20

You have no friends if you are poor, but you have lots of friends if you are rich.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor must beg for help, but the rich can give a harsh reply.

Proverbs 19:4

The rich have many friends; the poor have none.

Proverbs 21:13

If you won't help the poor, don't expect to be heard when you cry out for help.

Proverbs 27:10

Don't desert an old friend of your family or visit your relatives when you are in trouble. A friend nearby is better than relatives far away.

James 2:6

You ill-treat the poor. But isn't it the rich who boss you around and drag you off to court?