Proverbs 19:4

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Proverbs 19:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.

3 A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.

4 Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.

6 Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.

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Proverbs 19:6

Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.

Proverbs 19:7

All the brothers of a poor man hate him— how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.

Proverbs 14:20

The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

Luke 15:13

After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.

Luke 15:14

After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.

Luke 15:15

So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

Proverbs 10:15

The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

Job 6:15

But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

Job 6:16

darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,

Job 6:17

but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.

Job 6:18

Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.

Job 6:19

The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.

Job 6:20

They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.

Job 6:21

For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.

Job 6:22

Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;

Job 6:23

deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?

Job 19:13

He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

Job 19:14

My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

Job 19:15

My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.

Job 19:16

I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.

Job 19:17

My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.