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Proverbs 19:4

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Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
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  1. Proverbs 14:20Rank 1 from verse 4
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    20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

  2. Proverbs 19:6–7Rank 2 from verse 4
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    6Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

    7All 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.

  3. Job 19:13–17Rank 3 from verse 4
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    13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

    14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

    15They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

    16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

    17My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.

  4. Luke 15:13–15Rank 4 from verse 4
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    13And 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.

    14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

    15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

  5. Job 6:15–23Rank 5 from verse 4
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    15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

    16Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

    17What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

    18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

    19The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

    20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

    21For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

    22Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

    23Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

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Proverbs 19:4

COMBINED MEANING

wealth

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1. Riches, possessions, or material resources. 2. Prosperity, welfare, or well-being.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

maketh

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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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19:3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

19:4Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

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19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

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