Proverbs 17:17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:24

One with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

1 Samuel 20:17

Jonathan once again swore to David  in his love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.

Proverbs 19:7

All the brothers of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends keep their distance from him! He may pursue them with words, but they are not there.

1 Samuel 18:3

Jonathan made a covenant with David  because he loved him as much as himself.

Hebrews 2:11

For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father.  That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,

Ruth 1:16

But Ruth replied: Don’t plead with me to abandon you or to return and not follow you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

Esther 4:14

If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place,  but you and your father’s family will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.’

2 Samuel 1:26

I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were such a friend to me. Your love for me was more wondrous than the love of women.

1 Samuel 23:16

Then Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and encouraged him in his faith  in God,

1 Samuel 19:2

so he told him, ‘My father, Saul, intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning and hide in a secret place and stay there.

2 Samuel 15:21

But in response, Ittai vowed to the king, ‘As the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether it means life or death, your servant will be there! ’

1 Samuel 19:3

I’ll go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are and talk to him about you. When I see what he says, I’ll tell you.’

Proverbs 16:28

A contrary person spreads conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.