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Proverbs 19:4

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

KJV

Divitiæ addunt amicos plurimos ; a paupere autem et hi quos habuit separantur.

Vulgate

πᾶς ὃς ἀδελφὸν πτωχὸν μισεῖ, καὶ φιλίας μακρὰν ἔσται· ἔννοια ἀγαθὴ τοῖς εἰδόσιν αὐτὴν ἐγγιεῖ, ἀνὴρ δὲ φρόνιμος εὑρήσει αὐτήν. ὁ πολλὰ κακοποιῶν τελεσιουργεῖ κακίαν, ὃς δὲ ἐρεθίζει λόγους οὐ σωθήσεται.

LXX

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

ASV

ה֗וֹן יֹ֭סִיף רֵעִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וְ֝/דָ֗ל מֵרֵ֥ע/הוּ יִפָּרֵֽד

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דַּלִּ֔ים
dlym
adjective · 47×
ה֣וֹן
hvn
noun · 26×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ
ytprdv
verb · 26×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 23:8 — And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
  • Job 6:15 — My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
  • Job 19:13 — He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
  • Luke 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.
  • Prov 10:15 — The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
  • Prov 14:20 — The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
  • Prov 14:20 — The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
  • Prov 19:6 — Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
  • Prov 19:7 — 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.