Proverbs 19:4
Wealth makes many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
In Context
3The foolishness of man perverts his way: and his heart frets against the LORD.
5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall not escape.
Cross References
Job 19:13He has put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily cut off from me.
Proverbs 14:20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich has many friends.
Luke 15:13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance 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 →