Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor is separated from his friend.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 19:4 in context
Proverbs 19:1–7
1
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
2
It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge,
nor to be hasty with one’s feet and miss the way.
3
The foolishness of man subverts his way;
his heart rages against the LORD.
4
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Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor is separated from his friend.
5
A false witness shall not be unpunished.
He who pours out lies shall not go free.
6
Many will entreat the favor of a ruler,
and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
7
All the relatives of the poor shun him;
how much more do his friends avoid him!
He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
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