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Proverbs 19:7 · World English Bible

Proverbs 19:7 Meaning All the Relatives of the Poor Shun

All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

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What does Proverbs 19:7 mean?

A mind convinced of its own emptiness projects that verdict outward and then watches everyone withdraw, sure it is despised because it has already despised itself. It runs after the departing figures with pleading words, but they are wanting, for they were only its own belief in lack wearing the faces of others.

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A mind convinced of its own emptiness projects that verdict outward and then watches everyone withdraw, sure it is despised because it has already despised itself. It runs after the departing figures with pleading words, but they are wanting, for they were only its own belief in lack wearing the faces of others. The abandonment it fears it is quietly arranging, so that the world will confirm what guilt already decided.

No pursuit can recover a love the mind has hidden from itself. When it stops chasing and lays down the sentence of poverty, the brothers who seemed to flee were figures in that dream, and the self it called forsaken was whole all along.

Brethren: the near ones the mind casts as its accusers, kin turned into evidence of the rejection guilt expects Friends: the closer bonds the ego watches for signs of desertion, companions become mirrors of the mind's own belief in its lack

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Live Proverbs 19:7 today

  1. If someone has not replied in a while, stop drafting the follow-up and write down what you have decided it means. Then write down two other explanations that are just as likely.
  2. Instead of chasing the friend who has drifted, send one honest message with no plea in it and let it stand. Pursuing people tells them you need something, and that pushes them further.
  3. When you walk into a room feeling like you do not belong there, stop scanning for signs of it. Ask someone a real question and let the evidence-gathering go.

Where am I collecting proof that I am unwanted instead of asking?

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