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

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

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

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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.

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The wounds of a friend are faithful,
    although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

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

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Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;
    so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

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(A)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
    and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:9 Or and so does the sweetness of a friend that comes from his earnest counsel

10 Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
    Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
    A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.

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10 Do not forsake your friend and (A)your father's friend,
    and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity.
(B)Better is a neighbor who is near
    than a brother who is far away.

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