THEOSISProverbs 19:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Many honour the person of him that is mighty, and are friends of him that giveth gifts.
רַ֭בִּים יְחַלּ֣וּ פְנֵֽי־נָדִ֑יב וְכָל־הָ֝רֵ֗עַ לְאִ֣ישׁ מַתָּֽן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 29:26Many seek the face of the prince: but the judgment of every one cometh forth from the Lord.
- Prov 18:16A man's gift enlargeth his way, and maketh him room before princes.
- Prov 17:8The expectation of him that expecteth is a most acceptable jewel: whithersoever he turneth himself, he understandeth wisely.
- Prov 19:12As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.
- Gen 42:6And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and corn was sold by his direction to the people. And when his brethren had bowed down to him,
- Prov 21:14A secret present quencheth anger: and a gift in the bosom, the greatest wrath.
- Job 29:24If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.
- Job 29:25If I had a mind to go to them, I sat first, and when I sat as a king, with his army standing about him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned.