(A)All a poor man's brothers hate him;
    (B)how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.[a]

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

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

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

(A)Wealth brings many new friends,
    (B)but a poor man is deserted by 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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17 But (A)if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet (B)closes his heart against him, (C)how does God's love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not (D)love in word or talk but in deed and (E)in truth.

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17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,(A) how can the love of God be in that person?(B) 18 Dear children,(C) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.(D)

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15 (A)If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 (B)and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good[a] is that?

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  1. James 2:16 Or benefit

15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.(A) 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?(B)

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13 (A)Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
    will himself call out and not be answered.

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13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor
    will also cry out(A) and not be answered.(B)

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23 The poor use entreaties,
    but (A)the rich answer roughly.

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23 The poor plead for mercy,
    but the rich answer harshly.

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11 My (A)friends and companions (B)stand aloof from my (C)plague,
    and my nearest kin (D)stand far off.

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11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(A)
    my neighbors stay far away.

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But you (A)have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who (B)drag you (C)into court?

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But you have dishonored the poor.(A) Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?(B)

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15 But there was found in it (A)a poor, wise man, and he by his (B)wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man. 16 But I say that (C)wisdom is better than might, though (D)the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.

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15 Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.(A) 16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.(B)

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20 (A)The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
    (B)but the rich has many friends.

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

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18 You have caused (A)my beloved and my friend to shun me;
    my companions have become darkness.[a]

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  1. Psalm 88:18 Or darkness has become my only companion

18 You have taken from me friend(A) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

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You have caused (A)my companions to shun me;
    you have made me (B)a horror[a] to them.
I am (C)shut in so that I cannot escape;

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  1. Psalm 88:8 Or an abomination

You have taken from me my closest friends(A)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined(B) and cannot escape;(C)

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38 And he cried out, “Jesus, (A)Son of David, have mercy on me!” 39 And those who were in front (B)rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 40 And Jesus stopped and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he asked him,

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38 He called out, “Jesus, Son of David,(A) have mercy(B) on me!”

39 Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”(C)

40 Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,

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