Proverbs 19:4
If you're rich, you get a lot of friends, but if you're poor, you lose any friends you had.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
In Context
3People mess up their lives by their own stupidity, and then get angry with the Lord.
5A false witness will be punished; liars won't get away with their lies.
Cross References
Job 19:13He has driven my brothers far away from me; all my former friends are estranged from me.
Proverbs 14:20The poor are hated even by their neighbors, while the rich have many friends.
Luke 15:13A few days later the younger son packed up what he had and left for a distant country. Here he wasted all his money living a reckless life.
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 →