Proverbs 14:20
The poor man shall be hateful even to his own neighbour: but the friends of the rich are many.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
In Context
19The evil shall fall down before the good: and the wicked before the gates of the just.
Cross References
Esther 3:2And all the king's servants, that were at the doors of the palace, bent their knees, and worshipped Aman: for so the emperor had commanded them, only Mardochai did not bend his knee, nor worship him.
Job 6:21Now you are come: and now seeing my affliction you are afraid.
Job 30:10They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face.
Proverbs 10:15The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 19:6Many honour the person of him that is mighty, and are friends of him that giveth 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 →