Proverbs 19:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

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  • Prov 14:20 : 20 The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich have many friends.
  • Prov 19:6-7 : 6 Many will entreat the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts. 7 All the brethren of the poor hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him? He pursues them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
  • Luke 15:13-15 : 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered everything together, and took his journey to 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 pigs.
  • Job 6:15-23 : 15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook, like the streams of brooks that pass away, 16 Which are dark because of the ice, and where the snow is hidden: 17 At the time when they grow warm, they vanish; when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The paths of their way turn 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 there and were ashamed. 21 For now you are nothing; you see my downfall and are afraid. 22 Did I say, Bring to 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 has put my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances are truly estranged from me. 14 My relatives have failed, and my close friends have forgotten me. 15 Those who dwell in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight. 16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I pleaded with him with my mouth. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I pleaded for the children's sake of my 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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    20The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich have many friends.

    21He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

  • Prov 19:6-7
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    80%

    6Many will entreat the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts.

    7All the brethren of the poor hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him? He pursues them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

  • 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
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    77%

    23The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

    24A man who has friends must show himself friendly, and there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    75%

    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

    8The ransom of a man's life are his riches, but the poor hears not rebuke.

  • Prov 22:16
    74%

    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 28:11
    73%

    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.

  • Prov 22:1-2
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    72%

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

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

  • Prov 28:22
    71%

    22He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Prov 18:11
    71%

    11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own conceit.

  • Prov 19:1
    71%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Luke 16:9
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    9And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves using the wealth of unrighteousness; that, when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.

  • Prov 27:10
    71%

    10Do not forsake your own friend, nor your father's friend, and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity; better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

  • Prov 28:27
    70%

    27He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

    20A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • Prov 17:17-18
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    70%

    17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

    18A man lacking understanding shakes hands in a pledge, and becomes surety for his friend.

  • Ps 49:6
    70%

    6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

  • Prov 21:17
    70%

    17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

  • Ps 49:2
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    2Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

  • Prov 19:17
    69%

    17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24There is one who scatters, and yet increases; and there is one who withholds more than is right, and it leads to poverty.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.

  • Prov 1:14
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    14Throw in your lot with us; let us all have one purse,"

  • Prov 13:23
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    23Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for lack of judgment.

  • Prov 18:16
    69%

    16A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

  • Prov 16:28
    69%

    28A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

  • Prov 19:22
    69%

    22The desire of a man is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.

  • Prov 22:9
    69%

    9He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Prov 22:7
    69%

    7The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Prov 19:3
    69%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 13:11
    69%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • Eccl 9:16
    68%

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

  • Prov 14:31
    68%

    31He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11So shall your poverty come upon you like a traveler, and your need like an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:13
    68%

    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt.

  • Luke 12:21
    68%

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

  • Ps 37:16
    68%

    16A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Deut 15:4
    68%

    4Except when there are no poor among you; for the LORD will greatly bless you in the land the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it.