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Proverbs 19:6-7
Contemporary English Version

6 Everyone tries to be friends
    of those who can help them.
7 If you are poor,
your own relatives reject you,
    and your friends are worse.
When you really need them,
    they are not there.[a]

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  1. 19.7 When … there: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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Proverbs 19:6-7
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6 Many curry favor with a ruler,(A)
    and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.(B)

7 The poor are shunned by all their relatives—
    how much more do their friends avoid them!(C)
Though the poor pursue them with pleading,
    they are nowhere to be found.[a](D)

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  1. Proverbs 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
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