Proverbs 19:4-7

New Catholic Bible

⁴ Wealth attracts many friends,
    but a poor man’s only friend will desert him.
⁵ A false witness will not escape punishment,
    neither will the one who tells lies.
⁶ Many court the favor of the great,
    and everyone is a friend to a man who bestows gifts.
⁷ The poor man is despised by all his brothers;
    how much more do his friends desert him!
He pursues them with entreaties
    but all in vain.