Proverbs 27:10

Catholic Public Domain Version

Do not dismiss your friend or your father's friend. And do not enter your brother's house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:24

And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul, descended to meet the king, with unwashed his feet and uncut beard. And he had not washed his garments from the day that the king had departed, until the day of his return in peace.

2 Samuel 19:28

For my father's house was deserving of nothing but death before my lord the king. Yet you have placed me, your servant, among the guests of your table. Therefore, what just complaint might I have? Or what else can I cry out to the king?"

2 Samuel 21:7

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord which had been made between David and Jonathan, the son of Saul.

2 Chronicles 24:22

And king Joash did not remember the mercy with which Jehoiada, his father, had treated him; instead he put to death his son. And as he was dying, he said: "May the Lord see and take account."

Proverbs 17:17

Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress.

Proverbs 18:24

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

Proverbs 19:7

The brothers of the poor man hate him. Moreover, even his friends have withdrawn far from him. Whoever pursues only words shall have nothing.

Jeremiah 2:5

Thus says the Lord: "What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they would draw far away from me, and would walk after emptiness, and would become empty?

Acts 23:12

And when daylight arrived, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves with an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Deuteronomy 22:1

"If you see your brother's ox or sheep wander astray, you shall not pass by. Instead, you shall lead them back to your brother.