Proverbs 18:24

World English Bible (2000)

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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  • Prov 17:17 : 17 A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.
  • Matt 26:49-50 : 49 Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed him. 50 Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
  • John 15:13-15 : 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
  • 1 Chr 12:38-40 : 38 All these being men of war, who could order the battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. 39 They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had made preparation for them. 40 Moreover those who were near to them, [even] as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, food of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and cattle, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.
  • 1 Sam 19:4-5 : 4 Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, "Don't let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you; 5 for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?"
  • 1 Sam 30:26-31 : 26 When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, "Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh." 27 He sent it to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the South, and to those who were in Jattir, 28 and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa, 29 and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites, 30 and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Borashan, and to those who were in Athach, 31 and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.
  • 2 Sam 1:26 : 26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
  • 2 Sam 9:1-9 : 1 David said, "Is there yet any who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?" 2 There was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" He said, "Your servant is he." 3 The king said, "Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?" Ziba said to the king, "Jonathan has yet a son, who is lame of his feet." 4 The king said to him, "Where is he?" Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar." 5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar. 6 Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. David said, "Mephibosheth." He answered, "Behold, your servant!" 7 David said to him, "Don't be afraid of him; for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father. You shall eat bread at my table continually." 8 He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?" 9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, "All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given to your master's son. 10 You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring in [the fruits], that your master's son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread always at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11 Then Ziba said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your shall servant do." So Mephibosheth ate at the king's table, like one of the king's sons. 12 Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All that lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. 13 So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem; for he ate continually at the king's table. He was lame in both his feet.
  • 2 Sam 16:17 : 17 Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?"
  • 2 Sam 17:27-29 : 27 It happened, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, 28 brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched [grain], and beans, and lentils, and parched [pulse], 29 and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, "The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness."
  • 2 Sam 19:30-39 : 30 Mephibosheth said to the king, "Yes, let him take all, because my lord the king has come in peace to his own house." 31 Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan. 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. 33 The king said to Barzillai, "Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem." 34 Barzillai said to the king, "How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? 35 I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king? 36 Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward? 37 Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you." 38 The king answered, "Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you. Whatever you require of me, that I will do for you." 39 All the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. Then the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.
  • 2 Sam 21:7 : 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Yahweh's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

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  • Prov 19:6-8
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    6Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

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    17Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.

  • Prov 22:24-25
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    24Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

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    3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

  • Prov 18:23
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  • Prov 17:9
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  • Prov 16:28-29
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    5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

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  • Prov 18:16
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    16A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

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    14"To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

  • John 15:13-14
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    13Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

    14You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.

  • Prov 22:11
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    11He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend.

  • Eccl 4:10
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  • Luke 16:9
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    9I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

  • Prov 27:14
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    14He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.

  • Prov 19:22
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    22That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

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    19A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

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    17Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

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    19As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

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    23One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

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    9One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

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    15He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

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    13But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.

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  • Jas 4:4
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    4You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

  • Job 6:27
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    27Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.

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    21"Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.

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    5Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!