Proverbs 19:7

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Proverbs 19:7

All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
how much more do his friends
keep their distance from him!
He may pursue them with words,
but they are not there.

Psalm 38:11

My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,
and my relatives stand at a distance.

Proverbs 19:4

Wealth attracts many friends,
but a poor man is separated from his friend.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor man pleads,
but the rich one answers roughly.

Psalm 88:8

You have distanced my friends from me;
You have made me repulsive to them.
I am shut in and cannot go out.

Psalm 88:18

You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
darkness is my only friend.

Proverbs 14:20

A poor man is hated even by his neighbor,
but there are many who love the rich.

Proverbs 21:13

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.

Ecclesiastes 9:15-16

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Luke 18:38-40

So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

James 2:6

Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?

James 2:15-16

If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food

1 John 3:17-18

If anyone has this world’s goods and sees his brother in need but closes his eyes to his need—how can God’s love reside in him?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Proverbs 19:7

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.

The brethren

He

Proverbs 21:13

Luke 18:38

Yet

Proverbs 18:23

James 2:15

1 John 3:17

General references

Proverbs 17:17

Bible References

The brethren

Wealth attracts many friends,
but a poor man is separated from his friend.

A poor man is hated even by his neighbor,
but there are many who love the rich.

My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,
and my relatives stand at a distance.

You have distanced my friends from me;
You have made me repulsive to them.
I am shut in and cannot go out.

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?

He

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.

So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Yet

The poor man pleads,
but the rich one answers roughly.

If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food

If anyone has this world’s goods and sees his brother in need but closes his eyes to his need—how can God’s love reside in him?

General references

A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a difficult time.