Proverbs 14:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

Proverbs 14:20 —

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Cross-References

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Proverbs 19:4
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
Proverbs 10:15
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Job 30:10
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
Proverbs 19:6-7
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. …
Esther 5:10-11
Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 20)

This shows, not what should be, but what is the common way of the world—to be shy of the poor and fond of the rich. 1. Few will give countenance to those whom the world frowns upon, though otherwise worthy of respect: The poor, who should be pitied, and encouraged, and relieved, is hated, looked strange upon, and kept at a distance, even by his own neighbour, who, before he fell into disgrace, was…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

20. This sad but true picture of human nature is not given approvingly, but only as a fact.