Proverbs 19:4
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
Proverbs 19:4 in other translations
| BSB | Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend. |
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| WEB | Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend. |
| ASV | Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend. |
| YLT | Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated. |
| DARBY | Wealth addeth many friends; but the poor is separated from his friend. |
| BBE | Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend. |
| Webster | Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor. |
What does Proverbs 19:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
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Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 19:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 19:4
- Proverbs 14:20
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
- Proverbs 19:6-7
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
- Luke 15:13-15
And 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. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
- Job 19:13-17
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. …
- Proverbs 10:15
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
- Job 6:15-23
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6,7; 14:20; Lu 15:13-15
the poor.
10:15; Job 6:15-23; 19:13-17
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Context
- Proverbs 19:3
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.
- Proverbs 19:4
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
- Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Proverbs 19:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Las riquezas allegan muchos amigos: mas el pobre, de su amigo es apartado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les richesses font beaucoup d’amis, mais le pauvre est séparé de son ami. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Reichtum verschafft viele Freunde; aber der Arme-sein Freund trennt sich von ihm. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Divitiæ addunt amicos plurimos; a paupere autem et hi quos habuit separantur. |