Proverbs 19:6
4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
- KJV
- Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
- WEB
- Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
- ASV
- Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
- DARBY
- Many court the favour of a noble; and every one is friend to a man that giveth.
- BLB
- Many will entreat the face of a noble, and everyone [is] the friend to a man of gift.
- ÅB
- Mange smigrer for den gavmilde, og enhver er venn med den som er rundhåndet.
- OTB
- Mange søker gunsten til en generøs person, og alle er en venn til den som gir gaver.
- B1930
- Mange smigrer for den gavmilde, og enhver er venn med den som er rundhåndet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 29:26
Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.
Read in contextProverbs 18:16
A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Read in contextProverbs 17:8
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Read in contextGenesis 42:6
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
Read in contextRomans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Read in contextProverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
Read in contextProverbs 19:12
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Read in context2 Samuel 19:19–39
And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
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