Proverbs 19:5-7

Modern English Version

⁵ A false witness will not be unpunished,
    and he who speaks lies will not escape.

⁶ Many will entreat the favor of the prince,
    and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.

⁷ All the brothers of the poor hate him;
    how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words,
    yet they abandon him.