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17 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 There are[a] friends who pretend to be friends,[b]
    but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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  1. Proverbs 18:24 Syr Tg: Heb A man of
  2. Proverbs 18:24 Cn Compare Syr Vg Tg: Heb to be broken

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

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

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Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
    but the soul is torn by trouble.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 27:9 Gk: Heb the sweetness of his friend from hearty counsel

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 Your friend, and your father’s friend, do not forsake;
    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 who is 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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