Proverbs 19:6
Many will ask for a favor from a generous person 1 and everyone is a friend of the one who gives gifts. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 will not go unpunished 1 and he who breathes out lies will not escape. 1
Cross References
Genesis 42:6Now Joseph was the governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
2 Samuel 19:19Shimei said to the king, “Do not, my master, find me guilty or call to mind the wrong your servant did the day my master the king left Jerusalem. Please, may the king not take it to heart.
Psalms 45:12The daughter of Tyre will be there with a gift; 1 the rich among the people will beg for your favor. 1
Proverbs 17:8A bribe is like a magic stone to the one who gives it; 1 wherever he turns, he succeeds. 1
Proverbs 19:12The wrath of the king is like the roaring of a young lion, 1 but his favor is like dew on the grass. 1
Proverbs 29:26Many are those who seek the face of the ruler, 1 but from Yahweh is justice for a person. 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 →