Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

Bible References

Maketh

Proverbs 19:6
Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that gives gifts.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends.
Luke 15:13
And not many days later the younger son gathered everything together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

The poor

Proverbs 10:15
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
Job 6:15
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks that pass away;
Job 19:13
He has put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.