Proverbs 19:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ Many seek the favor of the generous, and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Many will intreat the favour of the prince: And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Many will entreat the favor of a liberal man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

Common English Bible

⁶ Many seek favor from rulers; everyone befriends a gift giver.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Many honor the character of one who is powerful, and there are friends for a giver of gifts.

Proverbs 19:6 Cross References

Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the favor of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.

Proverbs 18:16

A gift opens doors; it gives access to the great.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of those who give it; wherever they turn they prosper.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.

Proverbs 19:12

A king’s anger is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was governor over the land; it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Matthew 2:11

On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of a king’s face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.

Psalm 45:12

Daughter Tyre will seek your favor with gifts, the richest of the people

Genesis 43:15

So the men took the present, and they took double the money with them, as well as Benjamin. Then they went on their way down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

Genesis 32:20

and you shall say, ‘Moreover your servant Jacob is behind us.’ ” For he thought, “I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterwards I shall see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”