Proverbs 19:4 (BSB)

Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

From Proverbs 19. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 19:4

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 19:4: Here, 1. We may see how strong men's love of money is, that they will love any man, how undeserving soever he be otherwise, if he has but a deal of money and is free with it, so that they may hope to be the better for it.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 19:4: Wealth maketh many friends,.... Or "adds" (f); it increases the number of them: so the poet (g), "donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos"; and to this agrees what the wise man says, Pro 14:20; but the poor is separated from his neighbour; or "friend" (h); he will not visit him as he did in his prosperity, nor suffer him to come into his house or...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 19:4: (Compare Pro 14:20). Such facts are often adduced with implied disapprobation.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 19:1-6: A man [that hath] friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother. (q) That is, often such are found who are more ready to do pleasure, than he that is more bound by duty.