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Proverbs 19:7
7The 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.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- 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 whoever pours out lies will not go free. 6Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts. 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. 8The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. 9A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours 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 attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.
- Proverbs 14:20The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.
- Psalms 38:11My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
- Psalms 88:8You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
- Ecclesiastes 9:15Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.
- James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
- Luke 18:38He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
- Proverbs 18:23The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
- James 2:15Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.
- 1 John 3:17If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?
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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