Proverbs 19:4
Riches make many friends: but from the poor man, even they whom he had, depart.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
In Context
3The folly of a man supplanteth his seeps: and he fretteth in his mind against God.
5A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Cross References
Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me.
Proverbs 14:20The poor man shall be hateful even to his own neighbour: but the friends of the rich are many.
Luke 15:13And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously.
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 →