English Standard Version
Proverbs 19:4
4Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
Proverbs 19:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
- New International Version (NIV)Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Wealth makes many friends, But the poor is separated from his friend.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Wealth makes many “friends”; poverty drives them all away.
Context of Proverbs 19:4
2Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way. 3When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord. Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend. 5A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape. 6Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:4 word by word
ה֗וֹן יֹ֭סִיף רֵעִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וְ֝דָ֗ל מֵרֵ֥עהוּ יִפָּרֵֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:4
- Proverbs 19:6Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
- Proverbs 14:20The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends.
- Luke 15:13Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.
- Proverbs 10:15A rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
- Job 6:15My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrential streams that pass away,
- Job 19:13"He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The poor is separated from his neighbor - Because he has the "disease of all-shunned poverty."Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4Verse 4 Here we may see how strong is men's love of money.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. (Compare Pr 14:20). Such facts are often adduced with implied disapprobation.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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