Verse 4

Riches make many frendes, but the poore is forsake of his owne frendes.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:20 : 20 The poore is hated euen of his owne neghbours, but the riche hath many frendes.
  • Prov 19:6-7 : 6 The multitude hageth vpo greate men, & euery man fauoureth him that geueth rewardes. 7 As for the poore, he is hated amonge all his brethren: yee his owne frendes forsake him, & he that geueth credece vnto wordes, getteth nothinge.
  • Luke 15:13-15 : 13 And not longe therafter, gathered the yonger sonne all together, & toke his iourney in to a farre countre, and there waisted he his goodes with ryotous lyuynge. 14 Now whan he had spent all that he had, there was a greate derth thorow out all the same lode. And he begane to lacke, 15 and wente his waye, and claue to a cytesin of that same countre, which sent him in to his felde, to kepe swyne.
  • Job 6:15-23 : 15 Myne owne brethren passe ouer by me as the waterbroke, that hastely runneth thorow ye valleys. 16 But they that feare the horefrost, the snowe shal fall vpon them. 17 When their tyme cometh, they shalbe destroyed and perishe: and when they be set on fyre, they shalbe remoued out of their place, 18 for the pathes yt they go in, are croked: they haist after vayne thinges, and shal perish. 19 Considre the pathes off Theman, & the wayes off Saba, wherin they haue put their trust. 20 Confounded are they, that put eny cofidence in them: For whe they came to opteyne the thynges that they loked for, they were brought to confucion. 21 Eue so are ye also come vnto me: but now that ye se my mysery, ye are afrayed. 22 Dyd I desyre you, to come hyther? Or, to geue me eny off youre substaunce? 23 To delyuer me me from the enemies honde, or to saue me from the powers off the mightie?
  • Job 19:13-17 : 13 He hath put my brethren farre awaye fro me, and soch as were of myne acquauntaunce, are become straugers vnto me. 14 Myne owne kyn?folkes haue forsaken me, and my frendes haue put me out of remembraunce. 15 The seruauntes and maydens of myne owne house take me for a strauger, and I am become as an aleaunt in their sight. 16 When I call vpon my seruaut, he geueth me no answere: no though I praie him with my mouth. 17 Myne owne wyfe maye not abyde my breth, I am fayne to speake fayre vnto the children of myne owne body.
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The rich mas goodes are his stroge holde, but pouerte oppresseth the poore.