Proverbs 19:4
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
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,
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 company, or come near him; he is separated from his affection, friendship, and presence: so another poet {i},
"if thou art rich, thou wilt have many friends; but, if poor, few.''
{f} Pyoy. "addit", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
{g} Ovid.
{h} wherm "ab amico sua", Pagninus, Montanus, Baynus, Junius & Tremeliius, Piscator, Michaelis; "a sodali sua", Schultens.
{i} Theognis.