Proverbs 19:4

American Standard Version (1901)

Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:20 : 20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.
  • Prov 19:6-7 : 6 Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. 7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth [them with] words, [but] they are gone.
  • Luke 15:13-15 : 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
  • Job 6:15-23 : 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away; 16 Which are black by reason of the ice, [And] wherein the snow hideth itself: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish. 19 The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them. 20 They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded. 21 For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid. 22 Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
  • Job 19:13-17 : 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight. 16 I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, [Though] I entreat him with my mouth. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 14:20-21
    2 verses
    87%

    20The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.

    21He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

  • Prov 19:6-7
    2 verses
    80%

    6Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

    7All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth [them with] words, [but] they are gone.

  • Prov 10:15
    77%

    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Prov 18:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.

    24He that maketh many friends [doeth it] to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

    8The ransom of a man's life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.

  • Prov 22:16
    74%

    16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.

  • Prov 28:11
    73%

    11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

    6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 28:8
    72%

    8He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

  • Prov 22:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.

    2The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.

  • Prov 28:22
    71%

    22he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

  • Prov 18:11
    71%

    11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.

  • Prov 19:1
    71%

    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Luke 16:9
    71%

    9And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.

  • Prov 27:10
    71%

    10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

  • Prov 28:27
    70%

    27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

  • Prov 10:4
    70%

    4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.

    20A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

  • Prov 17:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

    18A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

  • Ps 49:6
    70%

    6They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

  • Prov 21:17
    70%

    17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • Prov 10:22
    70%

    22The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

  • Ps 49:2
    70%

    2Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

  • Prov 19:17
    69%

    17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

  • Prov 11:24
    69%

    24There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] only to want.

  • Ps 41:1
    69%

    1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

  • Prov 1:14
    69%

    14Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

    23Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

  • Prov 18:16
    69%

    16A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

  • Prov 16:28
    69%

    28A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

  • Prov 19:22
    69%

    22That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.

  • Prov 22:9
    69%

    9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

  • Prov 22:7
    69%

    7The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Prov 19:3
    69%

    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Prov 13:11
    69%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

  • Eccl 9:16
    68%

    16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

  • Prov 14:31
    68%

    31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.

  • Prov 6:11
    68%

    11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:13
    68%

    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

  • Luke 12:21
    68%

    21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  • Ps 37:16
    68%

    16Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Deut 15:4
    68%

    4Howbeit there shall be no poor with thee; (for Jehovah will surely bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it;)