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All the relatives of the poor shun him:
    how much more do his friends avoid him!
    He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

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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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Footnotes

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

17 He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh;
    he will reward him.

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17 He who lends to Yahweh is he who is kind to the poor,
    and his benefits he will repay to him.

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