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20 Even by their neighbors the poor are despised,
    but a rich person’s friends are many.(A)

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Wealth adds many friends,
    but the poor are left friendless.(A)

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All the kin of the poor despise them;
    how much more do their friends shun them![a]

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Footnotes

  1. 19:7 Closely related to vv. 4 and 6. An observation, not without sympathy, on the social isolation of poor people.