Proverbs 19:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:20 : 20 ¶ The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [hath] many friends.
  • Prov 19:6-7 : 6 ¶ Many will intreat the favour of the prince: 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, [yet] they [are] wanting [to him].
  • 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 wasted his substance with riotous living.› 14 ‹And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.› 15 ‹And he went and joined himself to a citizen 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, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away; 16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] wherein the snow is hid: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. 20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. 21 For now ye are nothing; ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid. 22 ¶ Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
  • Job 19:13-17 : 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. 16 I called my servant, and he gave [me] no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's [sake] of mine own body.
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 ¶ The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:20-21
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    20 ¶ The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [hath] many friends.

    21 ¶ He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.

  • Prov 19:6-7
    2 verses
    80%

    6 ¶ Many will intreat the favour of the prince: 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, [yet] they [are] wanting [to him].

  • Prov 10:15
    77%

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

  • Prov 18:23-24
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    77%

    23 ¶ The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

    24 ¶ A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7 ¶ There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.

    8 ¶ The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16 ¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11 ¶ The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6 ¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8 ¶ He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

  • Prov 22:1-2
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    1 ¶ A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.

    2 ¶ The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.

  • Prov 28:22
    71%

    22 ¶ He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Prov 18:11
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    11 ¶ The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1 ¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Luke 16:9
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    9 ‹And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.›

  • Prov 27:10
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    10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27 ¶ He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4 ¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
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    19 ¶ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.

    20 ¶ A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • Prov 17:17-18
    2 verses
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    17 ¶ A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

    18 ¶ A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

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

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

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    22 ¶ The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

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    2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

  • Prov 19:17
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    17 ¶ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24 ¶ There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

  • Prov 1:14
    69%

    14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

    23 ¶ Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.

  • Prov 18:16
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    16 ¶ A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

  • Prov 16:28
    69%

    28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

  • Prov 19:22
    69%

    22 ¶ The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar.

  • Prov 22:9
    69%

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

  • Prov 22:7
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    7 ¶ The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.

  • Prov 19:3
    69%

    3 ¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Prov 13:11
    69%

    11 ¶ Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

  • Eccl 9:16
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    16 Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31 ¶ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  • Prov 6:11
    68%

    11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13 There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

  • Luke 12:21
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    21 ‹So› [is] ‹he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.›

  • Ps 37:16
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    16 A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Deut 15:4
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    4 Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it: