Proverbs 19:4
Wealth maketh many friends, 1 but the dal (poor) is separated from his re'a (neighbor). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
In Context
3The folly of adam maketh his derech crooked, 1 yet his lev rages against Hashem. 1
Cross References
Job 19:13He hath put achai (my brethren) far from me, 1 and mine acquaintances are verily estranged from me. 1
Proverbs 14:20The poor is hated even by his own re'a (neighbor), 1 but the oisher hath many friends. 1
Luke 15:13And not many yamim later, having gathered together everything, the younger ben went on a journey to a far away country, and there he squandered his osher (riches) with gilui arayot (sexual immorality) and loose living. + 15:13 Isa 59:2
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 →