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Proverbs 19:7
7All a poor man’s relatives despise him— how much more his friends avoid him. He pursues them with words, but they are not there.
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.
- 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.
Context of Proverbs 19:7
5A false witness will not go unpunished, one who breathes lies will not escape. 6Many seek the favor of the generous. Everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts. All a poor man’s relatives despise him— how much more his friends avoid him. He pursues them with words, but they are not there. 8One who gets wisdom loves his own soul. One who treasures understanding prospers. 9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who breathes 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 adds many friends, yet a poor man is deserted by his friend.
- Proverbs 14:20The poor is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
- Psalms 38:11My heart pounds, my strength fails me. The light of my eyes—also, not with me.
- Psalms 88:8Your wrath lies heavily on me. You afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah
- Ecclesiastes 9:15Now a poor, wise man was found in it, and he delivered the city by his shrewdness. Yet nobody remembered that poor man!
- James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor person. Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, will also cry out but not be answered.
- Luke 18:38And he cried out, saying, “Yeshua, Ben-David, have mercy on me!”
- Proverbs 18:23The poor request favor, but the rich answer harshly.
- James 2:15If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food,
- 1 John 3:17But if someone has material possessions and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God 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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