Proverbs 19:7

New English Translation

All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him – he pursues them with words, but they do not respond.

Cross References

Psalm 38:11

Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

Psalm 88:18

You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

Psalm 88:8

You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

Proverbs 10:15

The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

Proverbs 14:20

A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

Proverbs 18:23

A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.

Proverbs 19:4

Wealth adds 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, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

Proverbs 27:10

Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?