Proverbs Chapter 14 verse 20 Holy Bible
The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.
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The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.
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He that is poor is hated even of his own neighbour; but the rich hath many friends.
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The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
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The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, But the rich person has many friends.
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Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich `are' many.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - The poor is hated even of his own neighbour (Proverbs 19:4, 7). This sad experience of selfishness (comp. Ecclus. 6:8, etc.; 12:8) is corrected by the following verse, which must be taken in connection with this; at the same time, it is a truth which has been expressed in various ways by many moralists and satirists. Says the Greek Theognis - Πᾶς τις πλούσιον ἄνδρα τίει ἀτίει δὲ πενιχρόν. "The rich all honour, but the poor man slight." Says Ovid, 'Trist.,' 1:9. 6 - "Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos;Tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris.""Prosperous, you many friends will own;In cloudy days you stand alone." In the Talmud we find (Dukes, 'Rabb. Blum.'), "At the door of the tavern there are many brethren and friends, at the poor man's gate not one." The rich hath many friends. Says Theognis again - . . .
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) The poor is hated even of his own neighbour.--This sad experience of life is repeated in Proverbs 19:7. The following verse serves as a corrective of this selfish tendency of mankind.
