Focused Passage

Proverbs 19:7

Integrity, Counsel, Discipline, Poverty, Anger, and the Fear of the LORD

The chapter moves from integrity and misdirected zeal, to wealth and false witness, to wisdom and household prudence, to laziness, commandments, mercy, and discipline, and finally to the LORD's prevailing purpose, fear of the LORD, sloth, instruction, corrupt witness, and judgment.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

7All 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.

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Verse 7

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Allכָּ֥לH3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe brothersאֲחֵי־H251Noun - masculine plural constructof a poor manרָ֨שׁ׀H7326Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularhate himשְֽׂנֵאֻ֗הוּH8130Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine singularhow much moreאַ֤ףH637Conjunction. . .כִּ֣יH3588Conjunctiondo his friendsמְ֭רֵעֵהוּH4828Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularavoidרָחֲק֣וּH7368Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralhimמִמֶּ֑נּוּH4480Preposition | third person masculine singularHe may pursue themמְרַדֵּ֖ףH7291Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singularwith pleadingאֲמָרִ֣יםH561Noun - masculine pluralbut theyהֵֽמָּה׃H1992Pronoun - third person masculine pluralare nowhere to be foundלֹאH3808Preposition | third person masculine singular

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