Proverbs 19:5-7

New Catholic Bible

⁵ A false witness will not escape punishment,
    neither will the one who tells lies.
⁶ Many court the favor of the great,
    and everyone is a friend to a man who bestows gifts.
⁷ The poor man is despised by all his brothers;
    how much more do his friends desert him!
He pursues them with entreaties
    but all in vain.