Proverbs 19:7
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.
KJV
Fratres hominis pauperis oderunt eum ; insuper et amici procul recesserunt ab eo. Qui tantum verba sectatur nihil habebit ;
Vulgate
οὐ συμφέρει ἄφρονι τρυφή, καὶ ἐὰν οἰκέτης ἄρξηται μεθ’ ὕβρεως δυναστεύειν.
LXX
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, but they are gone.
ASV
כָּ֥ל אֲחֵי רָ֨שׁ שְֽׂנֵאֻ֗/הוּ אַ֤ף כִּ֣י מְ֭רֵעֵ/הוּ רָחֲק֣וּ מִמֶּ֑/נּוּ מְרַדֵּ֖ף אֲמָרִ֣ים לא ל/וֹ הֵֽמָּה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1John 3:17 — But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
- Eccl 9:15 — Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
- Jas 2:6 — But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
- Jas 2:15 — If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
- Luke 18:38 — And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
- Prov 10:15 — The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
- Prov 14:20 — The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
- Prov 17:17 — A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- Prov 18:23 — The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
- Prov 19:4 — Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
- Prov 21:13 — Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
- Prov 27:10 — Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
- Prov 28:8 — He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
- Ps 38:11 — My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
- Ps 88:8 — Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
- Ps 88:18 — Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
- Rom 12:16 — Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.