Solomon
Proverbs 19:4ESV·traditional attribution
Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry
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 @doctorgill
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 @jfbcommentary
(Compare Pro 14:20). Such facts are often adduced with implied disapprobation.