Proverbs 19:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

If you are poor, your family will turn against you, and your friends will avoid you even more. You might beg them for help, but no one will come to help you.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:4

Wealth will bring you many friends, but become poor and your friends will leave you.

Proverbs 21:13

Those who refuse to help the poor will not receive help when they need it themselves.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor are polite when they beg for help. The rich are rude with their answer.

Psalm 38:11

Because of my sickness, my friends and neighbors will not visit me; my family will not come near me.

James 2:6

But you show no respect to those who are poor. And you know that the rich are the ones who always try to control your lives. And they are the ones who take you to court.

Proverbs 14:20

The poor have no friends, not even their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

Psalm 88:18

You caused my friends and loved ones to leave me. Now darkness is my closest friend.

Psalm 88:8

You made my friends leave me. They all avoid me like someone no one wants to touch. Like a prisoner in my house, I cannot go out.

Proverbs 10:15

Wealth protects the rich, but poverty destroys the poor.

Psalm 38:12

My enemies say bad things about me. They are spreading lies and rumors. They talk about me all the time.

Proverbs 27:10

Don’t forget your own friends or your father’s friends. If you have a problem, go to your neighbor for help. It is better to ask a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.