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Proverbi 19:4

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4 Le ricchezze procurano gran numero d’amici, ma il povero è abbandonato anche dal suo compagno.

Proverbi 19:4 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 19:4

Wealth maketh many friends
Or "adds" F6; it increases the number of them: so the poet F7, "donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos"; and to this agrees what the wise man says, ( Proverbs 14:20 ) ; but the poor is separated from his neighbour;
or "friend" F8; he will not visit him as he did in his prosperity, nor suffer him to come into his house or company, or come near him; he is separated from his affection, friendship, and presence: so another poet F9,

``if thou art rich, thou wilt have many friends; but, if poor, few.''

FOOTNOTES:

F6 (Pyoy) . "addit", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
F7 Ovid.
F8 (wherm) "ab amico sua", Pagninus, Montanus, Baynus, Junius & Tremeliius, Piscator, Michaelis; "a sodali sua", Schultens.
F9 Theognis.
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Proverbi 19:4 In-Context

2 L’ardore stesso, senza conoscenza, non è cosa buona: e chi cammina in fretta sbaglia strada.
3 La stoltezza dell’uomo ne perverte la via, ma il cuor di lui s’irrita contro l’Eterno.
4 Le ricchezze procurano gran numero d’amici, ma il povero è abbandonato anche dal suo compagno.
5 Il falso testimonio non rimarrĂ  impunito, e chi spaccia menzogne non avrĂ  scampo.
6 Molti corteggiano l’uomo generoso, e tutti sono amici dell’uomo munificente.
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