6 Many seek favor from rulers; everyone befriends a gift giver.
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Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.
7 All the relatives of the poor hate them; even more, their friends stay far from them. When they pursue them with words, they aren't there.
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The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.