Pro 14:20, 19:7, 22:22-23, Mic 2:1-2 | ESV | STEP | The poor is disliked even by his neighbor , but the rich has many friends .

Proverbs 14:20

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

Proverbs 19:7

7 ^cAll a poor man’s brothers hate him;
^dhow 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}

Proverbs 22:22-23

22 ^fDo not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or ^gcrush the afflicted at ^hthe gate,
23 for ⁱthe Lord will plead their cause
and rob of life those who rob them.

Micah 2:1-2

Woe to the Oppressors

1 ^jWoe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil ^kon their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
2 They covet fields and ^lseize them,
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.