Proverbs 18:24
22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
23 The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- En mann med mange venner går det ille; men der er venner som henger fastere ved en enn en bror.
- OTB
- En med for mange venner kan komme til ruin, men det er en venn som holder seg nærmere enn en bror.
- B1930
- En mann med mange venner går det ille; men der er venner som henger fastere ved en enn en bror.
- BSB
- A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
- KJV
- A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
- WEB
- A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- ASV
- He that maketh many friends [doeth it] to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
- DARBY
- A man of [many] friends will come to ruin but there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
- BLB
- A man of companions may come to ruin, and there is a lover adhering more than a brother.
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Kryssreferanser
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Les i sammenhengJohn 15:13–15
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 27:9
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
Les i sammenheng2 Samuel 1:26
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
Les i sammenheng1 Samuel 19:4–5
Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
Les i sammenheng2 Samuel 9:1–13
Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
Les i sammenheng2 Samuel 21:7
Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
Les i sammenheng2 Samuel 16:17
“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
Les i sammenheng