Proverbs 19:7
All the kin of the rahsh (pauper) do hate him; 1 how much more does his friend avoid him? 1 He pursueth them with words, 1 yet they are not there. 1
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Psalms 38:12My loved ones and my re'a 1 stand aloof from my nega; + 38:12 See Isa 53:8 on Moshiachʼs nega 1 and my neighbors stand afar off. 1
Psalms 88:18They came round about me daily like mayim; 1 they close in, engulfing me. 1
Proverbs 14:20The poor is hated even by his own re'a (neighbor), 1 but the oisher hath many friends. 1
Proverbs 19:4Wealth maketh many friends, 1 but the dal (poor) is separated from his re'a (neighbor). 1
Proverbs 27:10Thine own re'a (friend), 1 and the re'a avicha, forsake not; 1 neither go into thy brotherʼs bais in the yom of thy calamity; 1 for better is a shakhen (neighbor) that is near than a brother far off. 1
Luke 18:38And he cried out saying, Ben Dovid! Chaneni! (Have mercy 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 →