Proverbs 14:20
גַּם ־ לְרֵעֵהוּ יִשָּׂנֵא רָשׁ וְאֹהֲבֵי עָשִׁיר רַבִּֽים ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
In Context
19שַׁחוּ רָעִים לִפְנֵי טוֹבִים וּרְשָׁעִים עַֽל ־ שַׁעֲרֵי צַדִּֽיק ׃
21בָּז ־ לְרֵעֵהוּ חוֹטֵא וּמְחוֹנֵן עניים אַשְׁרָֽיו ׃
Cross References
Esther 3:2וְכָל ־ עַבְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר ־ בְּשַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ כֹּרְעִים וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים לְהָמָן כִּי ־ כֵן צִוָּה ־ לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ וּמָרְדֳּכַי לֹא יִכְרַע וְלֹא יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽה ׃
Job 6:21כִּֽי ־ עַתָּה הֱיִיתֶם לא תִּֽרְאוּ חֲתַת וַתִּירָֽאוּ ׃
Job 30:10תִּֽעֲבוּנִי רָחֲקוּ מֶנִּי וּמִפָּנַי לֹא ־ חָשְׂכוּ רֹֽק ׃
Proverbs 10:15הוֹן עָשִׁיר קִרְיַת עֻזּוֹ מְחִתַּת דַּלִּים רֵישָֽׁם ׃
Proverbs 19:6רַבִּים יְחַלּוּ פְנֵֽי ־ נָדִיב וְכָל ־ הָרֵעַ לְאִישׁ מַתָּֽן ׃
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 →