Proverbs 19:7

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. ALL THE BRETHREN OF THE POOR DO HATE HIM; HOW MUCH MORE DO HIS FRIENDS GO FAR FROM HIM? If the nearest blood-relations treat him as if they 'hated him,' "how much more" will those bound to him by no consanguinity stand aloof from him! The poor man's brethren think he will be a disgrace and injury to themselves. So Jesus' brethren (; ; ). The plural verb is joined to the noun singular-His friends, each one, go far from him. HE PURSUETH (THEM WITH) WORDS, (YET) THEY (ARE) WANTING TO (HIM). He pursueth them eagerly (like a hunter) with words, asking them, as they...

Verse Proverbs 19:7. _DO HATE HIM_] They _shun_ him as they do the person they _hate_. They neither _hate_ him _positively_, nor _love_ him: they _disregard_ him; they will have nothing to do with him. שנא _sana_ signifies not only to hate, but to show a less degree of love to one than another. So Jacob loved Rachel, but hated Leah-showed her less affection than he did to Rachel....

It seems best to follow the Vulgate in taking the last clause as a separate maxim, He who pursues words, nought are they; i. e., the fair speeches and promises of help come to nothing. A various reading in the Hebrew gives, “he pursues after words, and these he shall have” - i. e., these, and nothing else. This and other like maxims do not in reality cast scorn and shame on a state which Christ has pronounced “blessed.” Side by side with them is Proverbs 19:1, setting forth the honor of an upright poverty. But as there is an honorable poverty, so there is one which is altogether inglorious, caused by sloth and folly, leading to shame and ignominy, and it is well that the man who wishes to live rightly should avoid this. The teaching of Christ is, of course, higher than that of the Book of Proverbs, being based upon a fuller revelat

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 19:1 BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKTH IN HIS INTEGRITY. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7, Proverbs 19:22, _rash, _which signifies "poor" in opposition to "rich." In the present reading of the second clause, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool, there seems to be a failure in antithesis, unless we can understand the fool as a rich fool. This, the repetition of the maxim in Proverbs 28:6 ("Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich"), would lead one to admit. The Vulgate accordingly has, Quam dives torquem

ALL THE BRETHREN OF THE POOR DO HATE HIM,.... They despise him on account of his poverty; they neglect him, and do not take care of him; they reckon him a reproach unto them, and do not choose to own him; all which may be interpreted an hatred of him; HOW MUCH MORE DO HIS FRIENDS GO FAR FROM HIM? or "his friend", every one of his friends; or "his neighbour" l: for if his brethren, who are his own flesh and blood, show so much disrespect unto him; much more will those who are only his neighbours, or were in friendship with him while in prosperity; these wilt stand at a distance from him, and not come near him, now he is poor and in distress; see Job 19:13; HE PURSUETH [THEM WITH] WORDS; [YET] THEY ARE WANTING [TO HIM]; or, "they [are] not" m; he presses them with earnest entreaties to relieve him; he urges their own words and promises, and fetches arguments f

CHAPTER 19:1-19 FURTHER PROVERBS ON PERSONAL INSTRUCTION One may be poor, but walking in integrity, he is far ahead of him who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. Then we find proverbs about fretting against the Lord; warning against false witness and speaking lies and other matters. We call special attention to Proverbs 19:12 . _ The King's wrath is as the roaring of a lion._ But his favour is as dew upon the grass. It may be applied to Him who is The Lamb of God and also the Lion of the tribe of Judah. Some day He will roar in His displeasure and manifest the wrath, so well deserved by the world. But even then His grace will be revealed, for in wrath He will remember mercy, the mercy promised to Israel. “I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth its roots as Lebanon”...

PROVERBS 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government of the world which we find in Job. PROVERBS 19:1. FOOL: read rich, as in Proverbs 28:6. Proverbs 19:2 a. Both RV and RVm are unsound grammatically. The lit. rendering shows that the clause is defective, Also without knowledge of the soul. is not good. Some verb expressing action is required. Proverbs 19:2 b. sinneth: read _mg._ The idea is more haste less speed.

GO FAR. withdraw. PURSUETH, &C.: or, seeketh words [of friendship], but there are none....

_pursueth_them with _words_ sc. of persuasion and entreaty. The R.V. marg. renders, _He pursueth after words which are nought_, i.e. after the fair but false promises of his friends. _wanting_to him] Rather, ARE GONE, R.V., desert him in his time of need. The fact that this is the only example in this division of the Book of a proverb, which is a tristich, or consists of three clauses, leaves little doubt that the last clause of this verse properly belongs to another proverb, of which one member has fallen out of our present text. This conclusion is in some measure confirmed by the appearance in the LXX. of two complete distichs, though the whole verse is there confused and apparently corrupt, and does not help to the restoration of the original Heb. text....

HE PURSUETH THEM WITH WORDS— Most interpretations of this verse seem forced and unnatural; I think Le Clerc's the best, says Dr. Grey, which applies the phrase to _pursue with words,_ to him that seeks after those friends who fly from him, and were only nominal friends. Thus, Hosea 12:1 to _pursue_ or _follow after the east wind,_ is to grasp at vanities or bubbles; or at least the meaning is, that a poor man who is destitute of friends hath nothing left but mere words or professions. But it appears plainly from the LXX that this verse does not belong to the two former: for they read, "Every one that hateth a poor brother is far from friendship: a good understanding approaches those who know it; but a prudent man shall find it. He that doeth much evil perfecteth wickedness; but he that contendeth words, [λογους, perhaps; λογοις, _with words_] shall not be safe." One whole peri