Proverbs 19:6
Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, 2 and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
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. 2 He who pours out lies shall not go free. 1
Cross References
Genesis 42:6Joseph [May he add] was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph [May he add]’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
Psalms 45:12The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. 2 The rich among the people entreat your favor. 1
Proverbs 17:8A bribe is a chen ·gracious· stone in the eyes of him who gives it; 2 wherever he turns, he prospers. 1
Proverbs 19:12The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, 2 but his favor is like dew on the grass. 1
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the ruler’s favor, 2 but a man’s mishpat ·justice· comes from Adonai. 1
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 →