2 Samuel 16:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Absalom said, Is this your love for your friend? why did you not go with your friend?

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:18

And Hushai said to Absalom, Not so; I am for that man whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have taken as king, and I will take my place with him.

2 Samuel 19:25

Now when he had come from Jerusalem to see the king, the king said to him, Why did you not come with me, Mephibosheth?

Proverbs 17:17

A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

Proverbs 18:24

There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.