Proverbs 14:20
Friends will hate poor friends; but the friends of the rich are many.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
In Context
19Evil men shall fall before the good; and the ungodly shall attend at the gates of the righteous.
21He that dishonours the needy sins: but he that has pity on the poor is most blessed.
Cross References
Job 6:21But ye also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound ye are afraid.
Job 30:10And they stood aloof and abhorred me, and spared not to spit in my face.
Proverbs 10:15The wealth of rich men is a strong city; but poverty is the ruin of the ungodly.
Proverbs 19:6Many court the favour of kings; but every bad man becomes a reproach to another man.
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 →