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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
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The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
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A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
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He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
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A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
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Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
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Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
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All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
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He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
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Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
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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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He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.