¹⁷ A ^(A)friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.

²⁴ A man of too many friends comes to ^[a]ruin,
But there is ^(A)a ^[b]friend who sticks closer than a brother.

⁶ Faithful are the ^(A)wounds of a friend,
But ^[a]deceitful are the ^(B)kisses of an enemy.

^9 (A)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
So a ^[a]man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.

¹⁰ Do not forsake your own ^(A)friend or ^(B)your father’s friend,
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 far away.