Proverbs 17:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:26

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.

2 Samuel 15:21

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.”

Esther 4:14

If you don't speak up now, we will somehow get help, but you and your family will be killed. It could be that you were made queen for a time like this!”

Proverbs 16:28

Gossip is no good! It causes hard feelings and comes between friends.

Proverbs 18:24

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

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son brings disgrace to his father. A nagging wife goes on and on like the drip, drip, drip of the rain.

Proverbs 19:7

If you are poor, your own relatives reject you, and your friends are worse. When you really need them, they are not there.

Hebrews 2:11

Jesus and the people he makes holy all belong to the same family. That is why he isn't ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.

Ruth 1:16

Ruth answered, “Please don't tell me to leave you and return home! I will go where you go, I will live where you live; your people will be my people, your God will be my God.

1 Samuel 18:3

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

1 Samuel 19:2

and he warned David, “My father is trying to have you killed, so be very careful. Hide in a field tomorrow morning, and I'll bring him there. Then I'll talk to him about you, and if I find out anything, I'll let you know.”

1 Samuel 20:17

Jonathan thought as much of David as he did of himself, so he asked David to promise once more that he would be a loyal friend.

1 Samuel 23:16

But Jonathan went to see David, and God helped him encourage David.