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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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20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

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

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Wealth attracts many friends,
    but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.(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.

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

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Footnotes

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