1Sa 9:21, Pro 14:20, 19:6-7, Ecc 9:15-16 | ESV | STEP | Saul answered , Am I not a Benjaminite , from the least of the tribes of Israel ? And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin ? Why then have you spoken to me in this way ?

1 Samuel 9:21

21 Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjaminite, ^afrom the least of the tribes of Israel? ^bAnd is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?”

Proverbs 14:20

20 ^cThe poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
^dbut the rich has many friends.

Proverbs 19:6-7

6 Many seek the favor of a generous man, ^{▼▼Or of a noble}
and everyone is a friend to a man who gives ^fgifts.
7 ^gAll a poor man’s brothers hate him;
^hhow much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew sentence is uncertain}

Ecclesiastes 9:15-16

15 But there was found in it ^ja poor, wise man, and he by his ^kwisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man. 16 But I say that ^lwisdom is better than might, though ^mthe poor man’s wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.