Proverbs 14:20
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
BSB
ASV
The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.
KJV
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
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Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
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A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
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Job 30:10They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
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Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days;…
You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
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Proverbs 19:4Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
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Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.