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If the poor are hated even by their kin,
    how much more are they shunned by their friends!
When they call after them, they are not there.[a](A)

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  1. 19.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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]

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  1. 19:7 Hb uncertain

17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord
    and will be repaid in full.(A)

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17 Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord,(A)
and he will give a reward to the lender.[a](B)

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  1. 19:17 Lit to him