a friend in need is a friend indeed

Etymology
The idea that false friends will abandon a person in times of adversity while true friends will reveal themselves and provide help is ancient: the Greek playwright ( – c. 406 BC) wrote in Hecuba (424 BC),, and the Roman poet  (c. 239 – c. 169 BC) observed in his Tragedies that.

Proverb

 * 1) If a friend helps one when one is in need, that person is a true friend.
 * 2) If a friend is in need of help, it is beneficial and wise to help them.
 * 1) If a friend is in need of help, it is beneficial and wise to help them.
 * 1) If a friend is in need of help, it is beneficial and wise to help them.
 * 1) If a friend is in need of help, it is beneficial and wise to help them.
 * 1) If a friend is in need of help, it is beneficial and wise to help them.
 * 1) If a friend is in need of help, it is beneficial and wise to help them.
 * 1) If a friend is in need of help, it is beneficial and wise to help them.
 * 1) If a friend is in need of help, it is beneficial and wise to help them.
 * 1) If a friend is in need of help, it is beneficial and wise to help them.
 * 1) If a friend is in need of help, it is beneficial and wise to help them.
 * 1) If a friend is in need of help, it is beneficial and wise to help them.

Usage notes

 * The phrase is ambiguous; the second sense (“a friend [who is] in need is a friend indeed”) arose from a misunderstanding of the original meaning (“a friend [who is there when you are] in need is a friend indeed”).

Translations

 * Arabic: الصَّدِيق وَقْت الضِيق
 * Azerbaijani: dost dar gündə tanınar, yaxşı dost yaman gündə tanınar
 * Bulgarian: прия́тел в ну́жда се позна́ва
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 患難見真情
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: i nøden kender man sine venner
 * Dutch: in nood leert men zijn vrienden kennen; vrienden in de nood, hondert in een lood
 * Finnish: hädässä ystävä tunnetaan
 * French: c’est dans le besoin que l’on reconnaît ses amis
 * German: wahre Freunde erkennt man in der Not, in der Not erkennt man seine Freunde, Freunde in der Not gehen hundert auf ein Lot
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: sá er vinur, sem í raun reynist
 * Italian: gli amici si vedono nel momento del bisogno
 * Japanese: まさかの時の友こそ真の友
 * Khmer: មិត្តល្អ គឺមិត្តក្នុងគ្រាអាសន្ន
 * Macedonian: пријателот во неволја се познава
 * Malay:
 * Jawi: صحابت يڠ سبنر سديا منولوڠ صحابت دالم کسوسهن
 * Rumi: sahabat yang sebenar sedia menolong sahabat dalam kesusahan
 * Malayalam: ആവശ്യത്തിനു ഉപകരിക്കുന്നവാണ് യഥാർത്ഥ സുഹൃത്ത്
 * Mongolian: тэнхлүүн явахад тэмээгээр тусалснаас тэвдэж явахад тэвнээр тусалсан нь дээр
 * Old English: æt þearfe man sceal freonda cunnian
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: amigo na necessidade é amigo de verdade
 * Romanian: prietenul la nevoie se cunoaște
 * Russian: друг познаётся в беде́
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пра̑вӣ се при̏јатељ у нѐвољи позна́је
 * Roman: prȃvī se prȉjatelj u nèvolji poznáje
 * Spanish: en la mucha necesidad, se conoce al amigo de verdad
 * Swedish: i nöden prövas vännen
 * Turkish: dost kara günde belli olur, iyi dost kara günde belli olur
 * Welsh: câr cywir yn yr ing y gwelir, y câr cywir yn yr ing y gwelir, y câr dilys ing a'i dengys


 * Telugu: