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

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Footnotes

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

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

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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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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

10 They abhor me, they keep far from me;
They do not hesitate (A)to spit in my face.

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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.

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21 For now (A)you are nothing,
You see terror and (B)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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10 Nevertheless Haman (A)restrained himself and went home, and he sent and called for his friends and his wife Zeresh. 11 Then Haman told them of his great riches, (B)the multitude of his children, everything in which the king had promoted him, and how he had (C)advanced him above the officials and servants of the king.

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And all the king’s servants who were (A)within the king’s gate bowed and paid homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai (B)would not bow or pay homage.

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