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Wealth adds many friends,
    but the poor are left friendless.(A)

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

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All the kin of the poor despise them;
    how much more do their friends shun them![a]

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Footnotes

  1. 19:7 Closely related to vv. 4 and 6. An observation, not without sympathy, on the social isolation of poor people.

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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Footnotes

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

For there are friends when it suits them,
    but they will not be around in time of trouble.

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'Sirach 6:8' not found for the version: New International Version.

12 If disaster comes upon you, they turn against you
    and hide themselves.

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'Sirach 6:12' not found for the version: New International Version.