Proverbs 19:6
Many reuerence the face of the prince, and euery man is friend to him that giueth giftes.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall not escape.
Cross References
Genesis 42:6Now Ioseph was gouerner of the land, who solde to all the people of the lande: then Iosephs brethren came, and bowed their face to the groud before him.
2 Samuel 19:19And saide vnto the King, Let not my lorde impute wickednesse vnto me, nor remember ye thing that thy seruant did wickedly when my lorde the King departed out of Ierusalem, that the King should take it to his heart.
Psalms 45:12And the daughter of Tyrus with the rich of the people shall doe homage before thy face with presents.
Proverbs 17:8A rewarde is as a stone pleasant in the eyes of them that haue it: it prospereth, whithersoeuer it turneth.
Proverbs 19:12The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.
Proverbs 29:26Many doe seeke the face of the ruler: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lord.
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 →