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Many curry favor with a noble;
    everybody is a friend of a gift giver.
All the kin of the poor despise them;
    how much more do their friends shun them![a]
Those who gain sense truly love themselves;
    those who preserve understanding will find success.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 19:7 Closely related to vv. 4 and 6. An observation, not without sympathy, on the social isolation of poor people.
  2. 19:8 Wisdom benefits the one who practices it.