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The relatives of the poor despise them;
    how much more will their friends avoid them!
Though the poor plead with them,
    their friends are gone.

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All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
How much more do his (A)friends distance themselves from him!
He (B)pursues them with words, but they are no more.

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17 If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord
    and he will repay you!

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17 He who (A)is gracious to a poor man lends to Yahweh,
And He will repay him for his (B)bountiful deed.

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