Proverbs 18:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction: But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

American Standard Version (1901)

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Common English Bible

There are persons for companionship, but then there are friends who are more loyal than family.

Catholic Public Domain Version

A man amiable to society shall be more friendly than a brother.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.

Proverbs 18:24 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:26

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

2 Samuel 15:21

And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will thy servant be.

2 Samuel 16:17

And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

2 Samuel 21:7

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loveth at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 27:10

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 neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: So doth the sweetness of a man's friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

1 Samuel 18:1

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.