Proverbs 19:7

Modern English Version

All the brothers of the poor hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with words, yet they abandon him.

Cross References

Psalm 38:11

My friends and my companions stand aloof from my affliction, and relatives stand far off.

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my harm speak of destruction, and plan treachery all day long.

Psalm 88:18

Lover and friend have You removed far from me; My acquaintances have become darkness.

Psalm 88:8

You have removed my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an abomination to them; I am shut in and I cannot get out;

Proverbs 10:15

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

Proverbs 14:20

The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

Proverbs 19:4

Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

Proverbs 21:13

He who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he also will cry out, but will not be heard.

Proverbs 27:10

Your own friend and the friend of your father, forsake not, nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

James 2:6

But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you and drag you before the judgment seats?