Proverbs 19:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

Proverbs 19:4 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 14:20
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
Proverbs 19:6-7
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. …
Luke 15:13-15
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. …
Job 19:13-17
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. …
Job 6:15-23
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Alms Avarice Beggars Beneficence Care Carnal Mindedness Covetousness

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4)

Here, 1. We may see how strong men’s love of money is, that they will love any man, how undeserving soever he be otherwise, if he has but a deal of money and is free with it, so that they may hope to be the better for it. Wealth enables a man to send many presents, make many entertainments, and do many good offices, and so gains him many friends, who pretend to love him, for they flatter him and m…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. (Compare Pr 14:20). Such facts are often adduced with implied disapprobation.