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