Proverbs 19:4
Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
In Context
5A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
Cross References
Job 19:13He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.
Proverbs 14:20The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.
Luke 15:13And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:4
3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord . We have here two instances of men's folly:—1. That they bring themselves into straits and troubles, and run themselves a-ground, and embarrass themselves: The foolishness of man perverts his way. Men meet with crosses and disappointments in their affairs, and things do not succeed as they expected and wished, and it is owing to themselves and their own folly; it is their own iniquity that corrects them. 2. That when they have… Read the whole commentary →