Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 14:20
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Proverbs14:20
20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour , but the rich hath many friends.
i. e. Despised and abandoned, as hateful Persons and Things are.
Strictly so called, who is nearest to him, either by habitation or by relation, and therefore most obliged to love and help him.
Marginal references: Ch. 19. 7.; Heb. many are the lovers of the Rich.
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