Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
The poor
Bible References
Maketh
Proverbs 19:6
Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.
Luke 15:13
And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.
The poor
Proverbs 10:15
The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.
Job 6:15
My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:
Job 19:13
He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.