Proverbs 14:20
The poor person is hated even by his own companions, 1 but the rich people have many friends. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
In Context
Cross References
Esther 3:2All the king's servants who were at the king's gate always knelt and prostrated themselves to Haman, as the king had ordered them to do. But Mordecai neither knelt nor prostrated himself.
Job 6:21For now you friends are nothing to me; 1 you see my dreadful situation and are afraid. 1
Job 30:10They abhor me and stand far off from me; 1 they do not refrain from spitting in my face. 1
Proverbs 10:15The wealth of a rich man is his fortified city; 1 the poverty of the poor is their destruction. 1
Proverbs 19:6Many will ask for a favor from a generous person 1 and everyone is a friend of the one who gives gifts. 1
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 →