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Many seek the favour of the generous,
    and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts.
If the poor are hated even by their kin,
    how much more are they shunned by their friends!
When they call after them, they are not there.[a]
To get wisdom is to love oneself;
    to keep understanding is to prosper.

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  1. Proverbs 19:7 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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