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All the brothers of the poor hate him;
    how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words,
    yet they abandon him.

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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.