English Standard Version
Proverbs 19:7
7All a poor man's brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.
Proverbs 19:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.
- New King James Version (NKJV)All the brothers of the poor hate him; How much more do his friends go far from him! He may pursue them with words, yet they abandon him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The relatives of the poor despise them; how much more will their friends avoid them! Though the poor plead with them, their friends are gone.
Context of Proverbs 19:7
5A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape. 6Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts. All a poor man's brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them. 8Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good. 9A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:7 word by word
כָּ֥ל אֲחֵי־רָ֨שׁ׀ שְֽׂנֵאֻ֗הוּ אַ֤ף כִּ֣י מְ֭רֵעֵהוּ רָחֲק֣וּ מִמֶּ֑נּוּ מְרַדֵּ֖ף אֲמָרִ֣ים לוֹ הֵֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:7
- Proverbs 19:4Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
- Proverbs 14:20The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends.
- Psalms 38:11My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.
- Psalms 88:8You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
- Ecclesiastes 9:15But there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
- James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.
- Luke 18:38And he cried out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
- Proverbs 18:23The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
- James 2:15If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,
- 1 John 3:17But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Do hate him - They shun him as they do the person they hate. They neither hate him positively, nor love him: they disregard him; they will have nothing to do with him. שנא sana signifies not only to hate, but to show a less degree of love to one than another. So Jacob loved Rachel, but hated Leah - showed her less affection than he did to Rachel.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7It seems best to follow the Vulgate in taking the last clause as a separate maxim, He who pursues words, nought are they; i. e., the fair speeches and promises of help come to nothing. A various reading in the Hebrew gives, “he pursues after words, and these he shall have” - i. e., these, and nothing else. This and other like maxims do not in reality cast scorn and shame on a state which Christ has pronounced “blessed.” Side by side with them is Proverbs…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7Verse 7 Christ was left by all his disciples; but the Father was with him. It encourages our faith that he had so large an experience of the sorrows of poverty.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-29Pr 19:1-29. 1. (Compare Pr 28:6). "Rich" for fool here. Integrity is better than riches (Pr 15:16, 17; 16:8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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