Proverbs 19:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ Many will entreat the favour of the liberal man: And every man is a friend to him that giveth 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Many honour the person of him that is mighty, and are friends of him that giveth gifts.

Proverbs 19:6 Cross References

Genesis 32:20

and ye shall say, 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 me.

Genesis 42:6

And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.

Genesis 43:15

And 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 45:12

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; Even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favour.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of the king's countenance is life; And his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Proverbs 17:8

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

Proverbs 18:16

A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

Proverbs 19:12

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favour is as dew upon the grass.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a present in the bosom strong wrath.

Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the ruler's favour: But a man's judgement cometh from the LORD.

Matthew 2:11

And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures they offered unto him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

Romans 6:23

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