Proverbs 19:7 (BSB)

All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.

From Proverbs 19. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 19:7

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 19:6-7: These two verses are a comment upon Pro 19:4, and show, 1. How those that are rich and great are courted and caressed, and have suitors and servants in abundance. The prince that has power in his hand, and preferments at his disposal, has his gate and his ante-chamber thronged with petitioners, that are ready to adore him for what they can get.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 19:7: All the brethren of the poor do hate him,.... They despise him on account of his poverty; they neglect him, and do not take care of him; they reckon him a reproach unto them, and do not choose to own him; all which may be interpreted an hatred of him; how much more do his friends go far from him?
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 19:7: All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth [them with] words, [yet] they [are] lacking [to him]. (a) To have comfort from them.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 19:7: Pro 19:7 7ab. We thus first confine our attention to these two lines - All the brethren of the poor hate him; How much more do his friends withdraw themselves from him? Regarding אף כּי, quanto magis, vid., at Pro 11:31; Pro 15:11; Pro 17:7. In a similar connection Pro 14:20 spake of hatred, i.e., the cooling of love, and the manifesting of this coldness.