Proverbs 19:6
Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; and every one is the friend to him that bestoweth gifts.
Leeser Tanakh
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 remain unpunished, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
Cross References
Genesis 42:6And Joseph—he was the governor over the land, it was he that sold corn to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down before him with the face to the earth.
2 Samuel 19:19(19:20) And he said unto the king, Let not my Lord impute it unto me as iniquity, neither do thou remember that in which thy servant acted perversely on the day that my Lord the king went forth out of Jerusalem, so that the king should lay it to his heart.
Psalms 45:12(45:13) And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift: the rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.
Proverbs 17:8As a precious stone appeareth a bribe in the eyes of him that obtaineth it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Proverbs 19:12Like the roaring of a young lion is the wrath of a king: as dew upon the herbs is his favor.
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the favor of a ruler; but from the Lord cometh justice for man.
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 →