(A)Wealth makes many friends,
But the poor is separated from his friend.

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Wealth attracts many friends,
    but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.(A)

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20 (A)The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor,
But [a]the rich has many (B)friends.

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  1. Proverbs 14:20 Lit. many are the lovers of the rich

20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

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13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with [a]prodigal living. 14 But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. 15 Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

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  1. Luke 15:13 wasteful

13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth(A) in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.(B)

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Many entreat the favor of the nobility,
And every man is a friend to one who gives gifts.
(A)All the brothers of the poor hate him;
How much more do his friends go (B)far from him!
He may pursue them with words, yet they [a]abandon him.

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  1. Proverbs 19:7 Lit. are not

Many curry favor with a ruler,(A)
    and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.(B)

The poor are shunned by all their relatives—
    how much more do their friends avoid them!(C)
Though the poor pursue them with pleading,
    they are nowhere to be found.[a](D)

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  1. Proverbs 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.

13 “He(A) has removed my brothers far from me,
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14 My relatives have failed,
And my close friends have forgotten me.
15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants,
Count me as a stranger;
I am an alien in their sight.
16 I call my servant, but he gives no answer;
I beg him with my mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife,
And I am [a]repulsive to the children of my own body.

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  1. Job 19:17 Lit. strange

13 “He has alienated my family(A) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.(B)
14 My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends(C) have forgotten me.
15 My guests(D) and my female servants(E) count me a foreigner;
    they look on me as on a stranger.
16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
    though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
    I am loathsome(F) to my own family.

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15 (A)My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook,
(B)Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,
16 Which are dark because of the ice,
And into which the snow vanishes.
17 When it is warm, they cease to flow;
When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18 The paths of their way turn aside,
They go nowhere and perish.
19 The caravans of (C)Tema look,
The travelers of (D)Sheba hope for them.
20 They are (E)disappointed[a] because they were confident;
They come there and are confused.
21 For now (F)you are nothing,
You see terror and (G)are afraid.
22 Did I ever say, ‘Bring something to me’?
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?
23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of oppressors’?

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  1. Job 6:20 Lit. ashamed

15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,(A)
    as the streams that overflow
16 when darkened by thawing ice
    and swollen with melting snow,(B)
17 but that stop flowing in the dry season,
    and in the heat(C) vanish from their channels.
18 Caravans turn aside from their routes;
    they go off into the wasteland and perish.
19 The caravans of Tema(D) look for water,
    the traveling merchants of Sheba(E) look in hope.
20 They are distressed, because they had been confident;
    they arrive there, only to be disappointed.(F)
21 Now you too have proved to be of no help;
    you see something dreadful and are afraid.(G)
22 Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf,
    pay a ransom(H) for me from your wealth,(I)
23 deliver me from the hand of the enemy,
    rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?(J)

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15 The (A)rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,(A)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.(B)

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