Proverbs 19:4
Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.
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In The King James Version
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
In Context
3The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD.
5A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
Cross References
Job 19:13“He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
Proverbs 14:20The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbour, but the rich person has many friends.
Luke 15:13Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and travelled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous 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 →