Proverbs 19:6
Many beg the face of the noble, || And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.
Literal Standard Version
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 is not acquitted, || Whoever breathes out lies is not delivered.
Cross References
Genesis 42:6and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph’s brothers come and bow themselves to him—face to the earth.
2 Samuel 19:19and he says to the king, “Do not let my lord impute iniquity to me; neither remember that which your servant did perversely in the day that my lord the king went out from Jerusalem—for the king to set [it] to his heart;
Psalms 45:12And the daughter of Tyre with a present, || The rich of the people appease your face.
Proverbs 17:8A stone of grace [is] the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, || Wherever it turns, it prospers.
Proverbs 19:12The wrath of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, || And his goodwill as dew on the herb.
Proverbs 29:26Many are seeking the face of a ruler, || And the judgment of each [is] from YHWH.
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 →