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Proverbs 18:24

FriendshipFaithfulness and loyaltyLoneliness

22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
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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.
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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 17:17

    A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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  • John 15:13–15

    Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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  • Proverbs 27:9

    Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:26

    I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

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  • 1 Samuel 19:4–5

    And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

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  • 2 Samuel 9:1–13

    And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?

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  • 2 Samuel 21:7

    But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

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  • 2 Samuel 16:17

    And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

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