Proverbs 14:20 Cross References - BSB

²⁰ The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

² All 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.

¹⁰ Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh, ¹¹ Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.

²¹ For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid. ²² Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth; ²³ deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?

¹³ He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. ¹⁴ My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

¹⁰ They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

⁴ Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

⁶ Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver. ⁷ 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 be found.