Proverbs 18:24

Conservative English Version

Some friends don't help, but a true friend is closer than your own family.

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Jonathan, I miss you most! I loved you like a brother. You were truly loyal to me, more faithful than a wife to her husband.

Ittai answered, "Your Majesty, just as surely as you and the LORD live, I will go where you go, no matter if it costs me my life."

But Absalom asked Hushai, "Is this how you show loyalty to your friend David? Why didn't you go with him?"

David had made a promise to Jonathan with the LORD as his witness, so he spared Jonathan's son Mephibosheth, the grandson of Saul.

A friend is always a friend, and relatives are born to share our troubles.

Don't desert an old friend of your family or visit your relatives when you are in trouble. A friend nearby is better than relatives far away.

The sweet smell of incense can make you feel good, but true friendship is better still.

David and Saul finished talking, and soon David and Jonathan became best friends. Jonathan thought as much of David as he did of himself.

Jonathan liked David so much that they promised to always be loyal friends.