Proverbs 14:20
Even to his own neighbor is the poor man hateful; but the friends of the rich are many.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
In Context
19The bad sink down before the good; and the wicked are at the gates of the righteous.
Cross References
Esther 3:2And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bent the knee and prostrated themselves to Haman; for so had the king commanded concerning him; but Mordecai bent not the knee nor prostrated himself.
Job 6:21For truly now ye are like such a one: ye see my terrible state and are afraid.
Job 30:10They loathe me, they keep themselves far from me, and from my face they withhold not their spittle.
Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich man is his strong town: the terror of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 19:6Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; and every one is the friend to him that bestoweth 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 →