Proverbs 19:6
Many will entreat the favor of a generous man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
In Context
5A FALSE witness shall not be unpunished, and he who utters lies shall not escape.
Cross References
Genesis 42:6And Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.
2 Samuel 19:19And he said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither remember thou 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.
Psalms 45:12And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with a gift. The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.
Proverbs 17:8A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever it turns, it prospers.
Proverbs 19:12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as dew upon the grass.
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's justice [is] from LORD.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:6
5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. Here we have, 1. The sins threatened—bearing false witness in judgment and speaking lies in common conversation. Men could not arrive at such a pitch of impiety as to bear false witness (where to the guilt of a lie is added that of perjury and injury) if they had not advanced to it by allowing themselves to speak untruths in jest and banter, or under pretence of doing good. Thus men teach their tongues to speak lies, Jer. ix. 5… Read the whole commentary →