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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 14:18

    The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  2. Proverbs 14:19

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

  3. Proverbs 14:21

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

  4. Proverbs 14:22

    Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.