Proverbs 19:7

⁷ The poor are shunned by all their relatives- how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.[1]

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Other Translations of Proverbs 19:7

King James Version

⁷ All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

English Standard Version

⁷ All a poor man's brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.The meaning of the Hebrew sentence is uncertain

The Message

⁷ When you're down on your luck, even your family avoids you - yes, even your best friends wish you'd get lost. If they see you coming, they look the other way - out of sight, out of mind.

New King James Version

⁷ All the brothers of the poor hate him; How much more do his friends go far from him! He may pursue them with words, yet they abandon him.

New Living Translation

⁷ The relatives of the poor despise them; how much more will their friends avoid them! Though the poor plead with them, their friends are gone.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 19:7

Commentary on Proverbs 19:7

(Read Proverbs 19:7)

Christ was left by all his disciples; but the Father was with him. It encourages our faith that he had so large an experience of the sorrows of poverty.