Proverbs 14:20
The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
In Context
21He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.
Cross References
Esther 3:2And all the king's servants who were in the king's house went down to the earth before Haman and gave him honour: for so the king had given orders. But Mordecai did not go down before him or give him honour.
Job 6:21So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear.
Job 30:10I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me.
Proverbs 10:15The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.
Proverbs 19:6Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:20
19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. That is, 1. The wicked are oftentimes impoverished and brought low, so that they are forced to beg, their wickedness having reduced them to straits; while good men, by the blessing of God, are enriched, and enabled to give, and do give, even to the evil; for where God grants life we must not deny a livelihood. 2. Sometimes God extorts, even from bad men, an acknowledgement of the excellency of God's people. The evil ought always to bow… Read the whole commentary →