KJV King James Version
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
WEB World English Bible
Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
ASV American Standard Version
Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 19
3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.
6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.
7 All 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].
8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.
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Proverbs 29:26Many seek the ruler’s favour; but [every] man’s judgment [cometh] from the LORD.Proverbs 18:16A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.Proverbs 17:8A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.Genesis 42:6And 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.Romans 6:23For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.Proverbs 19:12The king’s wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.Proverbs 21:14A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.Job 29:24-25[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.2 Samuel 19:19-39And 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 should take it to his heart.Genesis 43:15And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.Psalm 45:12And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; [even] the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.Matthew 2:11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.Genesis 32:20And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.Proverbs 16:15In the light of the king’s countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.
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