Proverbs 14:20

In 11 translations

BSB

The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

KJV

The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.the rich…: Heb. many are the lovers of the rich

WEB

The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

ASV

The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.

LSV

The poor is hated even of his neighbor, || And those loving the rich [are] many.

YLT

Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich [are] many.

DBY

He that is poor is hated even of his own neighbour; but the rich hath many friends.

DRC

The poor man shall be hateful even to his own neighbour: but the friends of the rich are many.

GNV

The poore is hated euen of his own neighbour: but the friendes of the rich are many.

JPS

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

LXXE

Friends will hate poor friends; but the friends of the rich are many.

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Original-language editions

WLC

גַּם־לְ֭רֵעֵהוּ יִשָּׂ֣נֵא רָ֑שׁ וְאֹהֲבֵ֖י עָשִׁ֣יר רַבִּֽים׃

LXX-Br

Φίλοι μισήσουσι φίλους πτωχούς, φίλοι δὲ πλουσίων πολλοί.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 19:4Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
• Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
• Job 30:10They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
• Proverbs 19:6–7Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver. 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…
• Esther 5:10–11Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh, Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him…
• Job 6:21–23For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid. Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth; deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?
• Job 19:13–14He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
• Esther 3:2All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.

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