Mishle 19:4

4 Wealth maketh many friends, but the dal (poor) is separated from his re’a (neighbor).

Mishle 19:4 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 19:4

Wealth maketh many friends
Or "adds" ^F6; it increases the number of them: so the poet ^F7, "donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos"; and to this agrees what the wise man says, ( Proverbs 14:20 ) ; but the poor is separated from his neighbour;
or "friend" ^F8; 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 ^F9,

``if thou art rich, thou wilt have many friends; but, if poor, few.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (Pyoy) . "addit", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
F7 Ovid.
F8 (wherm) "ab amico sua", Pagninus, Montanus, Baynus, Junius & Tremeliius, Piscator, Michaelis; "a sodali sua", Schultens.
F9 Theognis.

Mishle 19:4 In-Context

2 Also, that the nefesh (desire) be without da’as, it is not tov, and he that hasteth with his raglayim (feet) sinneth.

3 The folly of adam maketh his derech crooked, yet his lev rages against Hashem.

4 Wealth maketh many friends, but the dal (poor) is separated from his re’a (neighbor).

5 An ed shekarim (false witness) shall not go unpunished, and he that speaketh kezavim (lies) shall not escape.

6 Rabbim (many) will entreat the favor of the ruler, and every ish is the re’a (friend) to him that giveth mattan (gifts).