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Proverbs 14:20

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The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
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  1. Proverbs 19:4Rank 1 from verse 20
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    4Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

  2. Proverbs 10:15Rank 2 from verse 20
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    15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  3. Job 30:10Rank 3 from verse 20
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    10They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

  4. Proverbs 19:6–7Rank 4 from verse 20
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    6Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

    7All 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.

  5. Esther 3:2Rank 5 from verse 20
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    2And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

  6. Esther 5:10–11Rank 6 from verse 20
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    10Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

    11And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

  7. Job 19:13–14Rank 7 from verse 20
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    13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

    14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

  8. Job 6:21–23Rank 8 from verse 20
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    21For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

    22Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

    23Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

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Proverbs 14:20

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hated

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hate, meaning to feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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rich

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Possessing abundance, wealth, resources, value, fruitfulness, or fullness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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14:19The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

14:20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

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14:21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

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