Proverbs 17:17

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Proverbs 18:24

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

1 Samuel 20:17

And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

Proverbs 19:7

All a poor man’s brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

Hebrews 2:11

For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

Ruth 1:16

But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.

Esther 4:14

For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

2 Samuel 1:26

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant have you been to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.

1 Samuel 23:16

And Jonathan, Saul’s son, rose and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God.

1 Samuel 19:2

And Jonathan told David, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Therefore be on your guard in the morning. Stay in a secret place and hide yourself.

2 Samuel 15:21

But Ittai answered the king, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be.”

1 Samuel 19:3

And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak to my father about you. And if I learn anything I will tell you.”

Proverbs 16:28

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.