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

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17 A friend loveth at all times;
And [a]a brother is born for adversity.

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  1. Proverbs 17:17 Or, is born as a brother

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

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  1. Proverbs 18:24 Lit be broken in pieces

24 [a]He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction;
But there is a [b]friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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  1. Proverbs 18:24 Hebrew A man of friends.
  2. Proverbs 18:24 Hebrew lover.

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

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  1. Proverbs 27:6 Or excessive

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

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(A)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
And a [a]person’s advice is sweet to his friend.

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  1. Proverbs 27:9 Lit soul’s

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;
So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

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10 Do not abandon your (A)friend or (B)your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

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10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

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