Proverbs 19:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

All the brothers of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends keep their distance from him! He may pursue them with words, but they are not there.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:4

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

Proverbs 21:13

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will himself also call out and not be answered.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor person pleads, but the rich one answers roughly.

James 2:6

Yet you have dishonoured the poor.  Don’t the rich oppress you and drag  you into court?

Proverbs 14:20

A poor person is hated even by his neighbour, but there are many who love the rich.

Proverbs 10:15

The wealth of the rich is his fortified city; the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

Proverbs 27:10

Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend, and don’t go to your brother’s house in your time of calamity; better a neighbour nearby than a brother far away.