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Proverbs 14:20
Proverbs 14:20 is verse 20 of Proverbs chapter 14, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
King James Version
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
World English Bible
The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.
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Proverbs 14:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
18 The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19 The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20 The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
22 Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Proverbs 19:7All the brothers of a poor man hate him— how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
Job 6:21For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.
Job 6:22Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;
Job 6:23deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?
Job 19:13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
Job 19:14My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
Job 30:10They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
Proverbs 19:4Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
Proverbs 19:6Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
Esther 3:2All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.
Esther 5:10Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
Esther 5:11Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.