Proverbs 19:6

Many court the favor of kings; but every bad man becomes a reproach to another man.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 be unpunished, and he that accuses unjustly shall not escape.

7Every one who hates his poor brother shall also be far from friendship. Good understanding will draw near to them that know it, and a sensible man will find it. He that does much harm perfects mischief; and he that used provoking words shall not escape.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:6And Joseph was ruler of the land; he sold to all the people of the land. And the brethren of Joseph, having come, did reverence to him, bowing with the face to the ground.

2 Samuel 19:19and said to the king, Let not my lord now impute iniquity, and remember not all the iniquity of your servant in the day in which my lord went out from Jerusalem, so that the king should mind it.

Proverbs 17:8Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and wherever it may turn, it shall prosper.

Proverbs 19:12The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; but as dew on the grass, so is his favor.

Proverbs 29:26Many wait on the favor of rulers; but justice comes to a man from the Lord.

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 →

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