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.
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Bible References
The brethren
Proverbs 19:4
Wealth adds many friends, but a poor man is separated from his friend.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.
Psalm 38:11
Those I love and my friends stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Psalm 88:8
Thou have put my acquaintances far from me. Thou have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Ecclesiastes 9:15
Now there was found in it a poor wise man. And he by his wisdom delivered the city, yet no man remembered that same poor man.
James 2:6
But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich exploit you, and they themselves drag you into courts?
He
Proverbs 21:13
He who stops his ears at the cry of a poor man, he also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
Luke 18:38
And he cried out, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, be merciful to me.
Yet
Proverbs 18:23
A poor man uses entreaties, but a rich man answers roughly.
James 2:15
And if a brother or sister may be unclothed, and may be destitute of daily food,
1 John 3:17
But whoever has the world's living, and sees his brother having need, and closes his bowels from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
General references
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.