Proverbs 19:4

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Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:20 : 20 A poor person will be disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.
  • Prov 19:6-7 : 6 Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts. 7 All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him– one who chases words, which are nothing.
  • Luke 15:13-15 : 13 After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle. 14 Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
  • Job 6:15-23 : 15 My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away. 16 They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them. 17 When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place. 18 Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish. 19 The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams; the traveling merchants of Sheba hoped for them. 20 They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed. 21 For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid. 22 Friends’ Fears“Have I ever said,‘Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’? 23 Or‘Deliver me from the enemy’s power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me’?
  • Job 19:13-17 : 13 Job’s Forsaken State“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me. 14 My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me. 15 My guests and my servant girls consider me a stranger; I am a foreigner in their eyes. 16 I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth. 17 My breath is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to my brothers.
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 14:20-21
    2 verses
    87%

    20A poor person will be disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

    21The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.

  • Prov 19:6-7
    2 verses
    80%

    6Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.

    7All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him– one who chases words, which are nothing.

  • Prov 10:15
    77%

    15The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

  • Prov 18:23-24
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    77%

    23A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.

    24There are companions who harm one another, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

    8The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, thus the poor person has never heard a threat.

  • Prov 22:16
    74%

    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 28:11
    73%

    11A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Prov 28:8
    72%

    8The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

  • Prov 22:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold.

    2The rich and the poor are met together; the LORD is the Creator of them both.

  • Prov 28:22
    71%

    22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

  • Prov 18:11
    71%

    11The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.

  • Prov 19:1
    71%

    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • Luke 16:9
    71%

    9And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.

  • Prov 27:10
    71%

    10Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

  • Prov 28:27
    70%

    27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

  • Prov 10:4
    70%

    4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 17:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

    18The one who lacks sense strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.

  • Ps 49:6
    70%

    6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

  • Prov 21:17
    70%

    17The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

  • Prov 10:22
    70%

    22The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

  • Ps 49:2
    70%

    2Pay attention, all you people, both rich and poor!

  • Prov 19:17
    69%

    17The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.

  • Prov 11:24
    69%

    24One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

  • Ps 41:1
    69%

    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him.

  • Prov 1:14
    69%

    14Join with us! We will all share equally in what we steal.”

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Prov 18:16
    69%

    16A person’s gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.

  • Prov 16:28
    69%

    28A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

  • Prov 19:22
    69%

    22What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar.

  • Prov 22:9
    69%

    9A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.

  • Prov 22:7
    69%

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

  • Prov 19:3
    69%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 13:11
    69%

    11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

  • Eccl 9:16
    68%

    16So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man’s wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice.

  • Prov 14:31
    68%

    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

  • Prov 6:11
    68%

    11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:13
    68%

    13Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

  • Luke 12:21
    68%

    21So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

  • Ps 37:16
    68%

    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Deut 15:4
    68%

    4However, there should not be any poor among you, for the LORD will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,