Proverbs 19:4
Wealth adds many friends, || And the poor is separated from his neighbor.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
In Context
3The folly of man perverts his way, || And his heart is angry against YHWH.
5A false witness is not acquitted, || Whoever breathes out lies is not delivered.
Cross References
Job 19:13He has put my brothers far off from me, || And my acquaintances have surely been estranged from me.
Proverbs 14:20The poor is hated even of his neighbor, || And those loving the rich [are] many.
Luke 15:13And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered 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 →