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17 A friend loveth 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

19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city:
    and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

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19 A brother [a]offended is harder to be won than a strong city;
And such contentions are like the bars of a castle.

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  1. Proverbs 18:19 Or, injured

24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly:
    and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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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.

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul:
    he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

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He that getteth [a]wisdom loveth his own soul:
He that keepeth understanding shall find good.

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  1. Proverbs 19:8 Hebrew heart.

28 Mercy and truth preserve the king:
    and his throne is upholden by mercy.

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28 Kindness and truth preserve the king;
And [a]his throne is upholden by kindness.

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  1. Proverbs 20:28 Or, he upholdeth his throne

17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man:
    he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

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17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man:
He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

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21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy
    findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

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21 He that followeth after righteousness and kindness
Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

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Open rebuke is better than secret love.

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

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Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart:
so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;
So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
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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Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father:
but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

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Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father;
But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

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