A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and whoever pours out lies will not go free.

Many curry favour with a ruler,
    and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.

The poor are shunned by all their relatives –
    how much more do their friends avoid them!
Though the poor pursue them with pleading,
    they are nowhere to be found.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.