Proverbs 19:7

New International Version

The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.

Cross References

Psalm 38:11

My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.

Psalm 38:12

Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.

Psalm 88:18

You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.

Psalm 88:8

You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;

Proverbs 10:15

The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

Proverbs 14:20

The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

Proverbs 19:4

Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

Proverbs 27:10

Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?