Proverbs 19:7

English Standard Version 2016

All a poor man’s brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:4

Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

Psalm 38:11

My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?

Proverbs 14:20

The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends.

Psalm 88:18

You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.

Psalm 88:8

You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;

Proverbs 10:15

A rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.

Proverbs 27:10

Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.