Proverbs 19:6
Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.
Bible in Basic English
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 will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
7All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...
Cross References
Genesis 42:6Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.
2 Samuel 19:19And said to him, Let me not be judged as a sinner in your eyes, O my lord, and do not keep in mind the wrong I did on the day when my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, or take it to heart.
Psalms 45:12\45:11\So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour.
Proverbs 17:8An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.
Proverbs 19:12The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.
Proverbs 29:26The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the 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 →