Proverbs 14:20
The pauper will be hated, even by his own neighbor. Yet truly, the friends of the wealthy are many.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
In Context
Cross References
Esther 3:2And all the king’s servants, who passed by the doors of the palace, bent their knees and adored Haman, for so the ruler had instructed them. Only Mordecai did not bend his knee, nor adore him.
Job 6:21Now you have arrived, and merely by seeing my affliction, you are afraid.
Job 30:10They loathe me, and so they flee far from me, and they are not reluctant to spit in my face.
Proverbs 10:15The substance of the rich is the city of his strength. The fear of the poor is their destitution.
Proverbs 19:6Many honor the character of one who is powerful, and there are friends for a giver of gifts.
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 →