Proverbs 19:6
Many will implore the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that gives gifts.
Updated King James Version
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 shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall not escape.
Cross References
Genesis 42:6And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
2 Samuel 19:19And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do you remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
Psalms 45:12And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall implore your favour.
Proverbs 17:8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: anywhere it turns, it prospers.
Proverbs 19:12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment comes 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 →