Proverbs 17:17
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17 (A)A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 18:24
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24 A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but (A)there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
John 15:13-14
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13 (A)Greater love has no one than this, (B)that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are (C)my friends (D)if you do what I command you.
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1 Samuel 20:17
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17 And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, (A)for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
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Proverbs 19:7
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7 (A)All a poor man's brothers hate him;
(B)how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.[a]
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- Proverbs 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew sentence is uncertain
1 Samuel 18:3
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3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because (A)he loved him as his own soul.
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Ruth 1:16
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16 But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. (A)Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.
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Hebrews 2:11
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11 For (A)he who sanctifies and (B)those who are sanctified (C)all have one source.[a] That is why he is not ashamed to call them (D)brothers,[b]
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- Hebrews 2:11 Greek all are of one
- Hebrews 2:11 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verse 12
Esther 4:14
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14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
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2 Samuel 1:26
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26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
very pleasant have you been to me;
(A)your love to me was extraordinary,
surpassing the love of women.
2 Samuel 9
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David's Kindness to Mephibosheth
9 And David said, “Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may (A)show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?” 2 Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was (B)Ziba, and they called him to David. And the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” And he said, “I am your servant.” 3 And the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, that I may show (C)the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of (D)Jonathan; he is crippled in his feet.” 4 The king said to him, “Where is he?” And Ziba said to the king, “He is in the house of (E)Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.” 5 Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar. 6 And (F)Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and paid homage. And David said, “Mephibosheth!” And he answered, “Behold, I am your servant.” 7 And David said to him, “Do not fear, (G)for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and (H)you shall eat at my table always.” 8 And he paid homage and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for (I)a dead dog such as I?”
9 Then the king called Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master's grandson. 10 And you and your sons and your servants shall till the land for him and shall bring in the produce, that your master's grandson may have bread to eat. But Mephibosheth your master's grandson (J)shall always eat at my table.” Now Ziba had (K)fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11 Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so will your servant do.” So Mephibosheth (L)ate at David's[a] table, like one of the king's sons. 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, (M)whose name was Mica. And all who lived in Ziba's house became Mephibosheth's servants. 13 So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for (N)he ate always at the king's table. Now (O)he was lame in both his feet.
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- 2 Samuel 9:11 Septuagint; Hebrew my
1 Samuel 23:16
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16 And Jonathan, Saul's son, rose and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God.
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1 Samuel 19:2
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2 And Jonathan told David, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Therefore be on your guard in the morning. Stay in a secret place and hide yourself.
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