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Proverbs 19:6
6Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.
Proverbs 19:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Many entreat the favor of the nobility, And every man is a friend to one who gives gifts.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Many seek favors from a ruler; everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts!
Context of Proverbs 19:6
4Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them. 5A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will not go free. Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts. 7The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found. 8The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:6 word by word
רַ֭בִּים יְחַלּ֣וּ פְנֵֽי־נָדִ֑יב וְכָל־הָ֝רֵ֗עַ לְאִ֣ישׁ מַתָּֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:6
- Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
- Proverbs 16:15When a king’s face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
- Proverbs 29:26Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.
- Genesis 42:6Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
- 2 Samuel 19:19and said to him, “May my lord not hold me guilty. Do not remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king put it out of his mind.
- Job 29:24When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.
- Psalms 45:12The city of Tyre will come with a gift, people of wealth will seek your favor.
- Matthew 2:11On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
- Proverbs 17:8A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it; they think success will come at every turn.
- Proverbs 18:16A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.
- Proverbs 21:14A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.
- Genesis 32:20And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’ ” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”
- Genesis 43:15So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.
- Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Intreat the favor - literally, “stroke the face” of the man of princely nature, who gives munificently.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6Verse 6 We are without excuse if we do not love God with all our hearts. His gifts to us are past number, and all the gifts of men to us are fruits of his bounty.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-29Pr 19:1-29. 1. (Compare Pr 28:6). "Rich" for fool here. Integrity is better than riches (Pr 15:16, 17; 16:8).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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