20 (A)The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor,
But [a]the rich has many (B)friends.
21 He who despises his neighbor sins;
(C)But he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

22 Do they not go astray who devise evil?
But mercy and truth belong to those who devise good.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:20 Lit. many are the lovers of the rich

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