Proverbs 19:4

Is disowned and forsaken by those who are most obliged to help him.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the poor . a weak one. Hebrew. dal. See note on Proverbs 6:11 . Same word as in Proverbs 19:17 . not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 19:1...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. The poor is separated from his neighbor - Because he has the "disease of al...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. Wealth maketh (Hebrew = adds) many friends: but the poor is separat...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Fool ] read, 'rich' ( Proverbs 28:6 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The poor is separated from his neighbour. — Or, but the feeble, his friend separates himself ( from him ). It was just in order to counteract the...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 20 HUMAN FREEDOM "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3 THERE is such a...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 19:7 . This is the only case in this first collection of proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely that th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it i...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wealth maketh many friends ,.... Or "adds" f; it increases the number of them: so the poet g, "donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos"; and to th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. Ver. 4. Wealth maketh many friends. ] Res amicos invenit, saith he in...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. Here, 1. We may see how strong men's love of money is, t...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 19:2 . Sinneth, literally “goeth astray.” Delitzsch reads the last clause, “ He who hasteneth with the legs after it go...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 19:1 . Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and wh...
The Biblical Illustrator

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. The rich and the poor Nothing upon earth is so powerful as money. It...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor that walkth in his integrity. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7 , Proverbs...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 4. Wealth maketh many friends, for people seek the favor of the wealthy, in the hope of obtaining some benefit for themselves; but the poor is...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 19:13-17 ; Job 6:15-23 ; Luke 15:13-15 ; Proverbs 10:15 ; Proverbs 14:20 ; Proverbs 19:6 ; Proverbs 19:7

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 19:4

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 19:4