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.

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]

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