Proverbs 19:4
Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
In Context
3The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.
5A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.
Cross References
Job 19:13My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.
Proverbs 14:20Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich [are] many.
Luke 15:13'And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;
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 →