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Proverbs 19:6

Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

KJV

Multi colunt personam potentis, et amici sunt dona tribuentis.

Vulgate

μάρτυς ψευδὴς οὐκ ἀτιμώρητος ἔσται, ὃς δ’ ἂν ἐκκαύσῃ κακίαν ἀπολεῖται ὑπ’ αὐτῆς.

LXX

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

ASV

רַ֭בִּים יְחַלּ֣וּ פְנֵֽי נָדִ֑יב וְ/כָל הָ֝/רֵ֗עַ לְ/אִ֣ישׁ מַתָּֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
חָלָ֖ה
chlh
verb · 75×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַתָּ֣ן
mtn
noun · 5×
נָדִ֑יב
ndyb
noun · 28×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 19:19 — And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king shoul
  • Gen 32:13 — And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
  • Gen 42:6 — And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
  • Job 11:19 — Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
  • Job 29:24 — If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
  • Judg 3:15 — But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Egl
  • Prov 13:18 — Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
  • Prov 17:8 — A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
  • Prov 18:16 — A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
  • Prov 18:16 — A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
  • Prov 19:4 — Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
  • Prov 19:12 — The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
  • Prov 21:14 — A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
  • Prov 21:14 — A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
  • Prov 29:26 — Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.
  • Prov 29:26 — Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.
  • Rom 6:23 — For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.