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17 A friend is always loyal,
    and a brother is born to help in time of need.

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17 A true friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.

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19 An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city.
    Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars.

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19 It is harder to win back the friendship of an offended brother than to capture a fortified city.[a] His anger shuts you out like iron bars.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:19 The Hebrew of this verse is not clear.