Proverbs 19:6 Explained in Context

Read It With

• Proverbs 19:5–8

Read Proverbs 19:6 with 19:5–8. Read alone, “Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a…” could turn a compressed observation, warning, comparison, or command into a guarantee or complete policy. The full unit establishes: contributes the claim, image, or instruction “A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape”; by 19:8, it opens with “He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul” and develops the line through “he that keepeth understanding shall find good”. Together the unit concentrates on speech, listening, truth, and relational consequence, truthful testimony, honest measures, and integrity, kingship, public authority, and accountable rule within “First Solomonic sentence-saying collection.”

Why This Verse Appears Here

Proverbs 19:5–8 forms a reviewed local cluster inside “First Solomonic sentence-saying collection.” Its lines concentrate on speech, listening, truth, and relational consequence, truthful testimony, honest measures, and integrity, kingship, public authority, and accountable rule, while each sentence proverb retains its own force and the neighboring database unit does not supply its meaning. Within that relationship, this verse opens with “Many will intreat the favour of the prince” and develops the line through “and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts”.