Proverbs 19:7

⁸You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.

¹⁷But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?

¹⁸My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

¹⁵And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, ¹⁶and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;” yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?

²³The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

¹¹My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.

⁴Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

¹⁸You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.

¹³Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

¹⁵Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. ¹⁶Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

³⁸He cried out, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!” ³⁹Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁰Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him,