Proverbs 19:7
The brothers of the poor man hate him. Moreover, even his friends have withdrawn far from him. Whoever pursues only words shall have nothing.
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In Context
6Many honor the character of one who is powerful, and there are friends for a giver of gifts.
Cross References
Psalms 38:12I fall short at corrections from the strength of your hand. For you have chastised man for iniquity. And you have made his soul shrink away like a spider. Nevertheless, it is in vain that any man be disquieted.
Psalms 88:18For you are the glory of their virtue, and in your goodness, our horn will be exalted.
Proverbs 14:20The pauper will be hated, even by his own neighbor. Yet truly, the friends of the wealthy are many.
Proverbs 19:4Riches add many friends. But from the pauper, even those whom he had become separated.
Proverbs 27:10Do not dismiss your friend or your father’s friend. And do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.
Luke 18:38And he cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, take pity on me!”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:7-8
6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. 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. These two verses are a comment upon v. 4 , and show, 1. How those that are rich and great are courted and caressed, and have suitors and servants in abundance. The prince that has power in his hand, and preferments at his disposal, has his gate and his ante-chamber… Read the whole commentary →