Proverbs 19:4
Those who are rich easily find people who want to be their friends, but when people become poor, their friends often desert them.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
In Context
5Those who tell lies in court will surely be punished [LIT]; they will not escape it.
Cross References
Job 19:13“God has caused my brothers to abandon me, and all those who know me act like strangers to me.
Proverbs 14:20No one likes poor people; even their friends/neighbors do not like them; rich people have many friends, but only while the rich people still have money.
Luke 15:13A few days later, the younger son sold his share. He gathered his money and other things together and went to a country far away. There he spent all his money foolishly in reckless/wild living.
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 →