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

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22 What is desired in a man is loyalty,
    and a poor man is better than a liar.

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Many a man proclaims his own loyalty,
    but a faithful man who can find?

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28 Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king,
    and his throne is upheld by righteousness.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:28 Gk: Heb loyalty

21 He who pursues righteousness and kindness
    will find life[a] and honor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:21 Gk: Heb life and righteousness

Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
    profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

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10 Your friend, and your father’s friend, do not forsake;
    and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near
    than a brother who is far away.

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