All the brothers of a poor person hate him;(A)
how much more do his friends
keep their distance from him!
He may pursue them with words,(B)
but they are not there.[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 19:7 Hb uncertain

All the brothers of the poor, if they hate him,
    how much more will his friends keep away from him.
    He pursues them with words, and they are gone.[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:7 Or “when he pursues words and not them”