Proverbs 19:7 Cross References - ISV

⁷ All the relatives of a poor person shun him— how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he runs after them pleading, they aren’t around.

¹¹ As for my friends and my neighbors, they stand aloof from my distress; even my close relatives stand at a distance.

⁸ You caused my acquaintances to shun me; you make me extremely abhorrent to them. Restrained, I am unable to go out.

¹⁸ You caused my friend and neighbor to shun me; and my acquaintances are confused.

²⁰ The poor person is shunned by his neighbor, but many are the friends of the wealthy.

²³ The poor person pleads for mercy, but the wealthy man responds harshly.

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

¹³ Whoever refuses to hear the cry of the poor will also cry himself, but he won’t be answered.

¹⁵ Now there was found within it a poor, but wise man. He delivered the city by his wisdom, but not one person remembered that poor man.
¹⁶ So I concluded, “Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless, the wisdom of the poor is rejected—his words are never heard.”

³⁸ So he shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” ³⁹ The people at the front of the crowd sternly told him to be quiet, but he started shouting even louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
⁴⁰ Then Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,

⁶ But you have humiliated the man who is poor. Are not rich people the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

¹⁵ Suppose a brother or sister does not have any clothes or daily food ¹⁶ and one of you tells them, “Go in peace! Stay warm and eat heartily.” If you do not provide for their bodily needs, what good does it do?

¹⁷ Whoever has earthly possessions and notices a brother in need and yet withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God be present in him? ¹⁸ Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love also in action and in truth.