Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

General references

Bible References

The brethren

Proverbs 19:4

Wealth makes many friends,
But a poor man is separated from his friend.
Proverbs 14:20

The poor man is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.
Psalm 38:11

My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my neighbors stand far away.
Psalm 88:8

You have put my friends far from me;
You have made me an object of loathing to them.
I am shut up and I cannot go out.
Ecclesiastes 9:15
But there was found in it a poor wise man, and by his wisdom he rescued the city. Yet no man [seriously] remembered that poor man.
James 2:6
But you [in contrast] have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress and exploit you, and personally drag you into the courts of law?

He

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor
Will cry out himself and not be answered.
Luke 18:38
So he shouted out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David (Messiah), have mercy on me!”

Yet

Proverbs 18:23

The poor man pleads,
But the rich man answers roughly.
James 2:15
If a brother or sister is without [adequate] clothing and lacks [enough] food for each day,
1 John 3:17
But whoever has the world’s goods (adequate resources), and sees his brother in need, but has no compassion for him, how does the love of God live in him?

General references

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.