Proverbs 14:20 Cross References - LEB

²⁰ The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the lovers of the rich are many.

² And all of the king's servants who were at the gate of the king were kneeling and bowing down to Haman; for so the king had commanded concerning him, but Mordecai did not kneel and bow down.

¹⁰ But Haman controlled himself and went to his house, and he sent for and brought his friends and Zeresh his wife. ¹¹ And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his wealth and the number of his sons and all the ways that the king had honored him and promoted him above the officials and king's servants.

²¹ "For now you* have become _⌊such_⌋;* you see terrors, and you fear. ²² Is it because I have said, 'Give to me,' or,* 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth'? ²³ or,* 'Save me from the foe's hand,' or,* 'Ransom me from the tyrants' hand'?

¹³ "He has removed my kinsfolk from me, and my acquaintances have only* turned aside from me. ¹⁴ My relatives have failed, and my close friends have forgotten me.

¹⁰ They abhor me; they keep aloof from me, and they do not withhold spit from my face

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

⁴ Wealth adds many friends, but the poor will be left by his friends.

⁶ Many will seek favor before the generous, and everyone is the friend of a man of gifts.* ⁷ 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.*