Proverbs 19:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

Proverbs 19:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 29:26
Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
Proverbs 18:16
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Proverbs 17:8
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Proverbs 19:12
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Genesis 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.

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Commentary

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

(vv. 6-7)

These two verses are a comment upon Prov. 18:4; and show, 1. How those that are rich and great are courted and caressed, and have suitors and servants in abundance. The prince that has power in his hand, and preferments at his disposal, has his gate and his ante-chamber thronged with petitioners, that are ready to adore him for what they can get. Many will entreat his favour, and think themselves…