Proverbs 17:17

New American Bible - revised edition

A friend is a friend at all times, and a brother is born for the time of adversity.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:26

I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother! Most dear have you been to me; More wondrous your love to me than the love of women.

2 Samuel 15:21

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

Proverbs 16:28

Perverse speech sows discord, and talebearing separates bosom friends.

Proverbs 18:24

There are friends who bring ruin, but there are true friends more loyal than a brother.

Proverbs 19:13

The foolish son is ruin to his father, and a quarrelsome wife is water constantly dripping.

Proverbs 19:7

All the kin of the poor despise them; how much more do their friends shun them!

Hebrews 2:11

He who consecrates and those who are being consecrated all have one origin. Therefore, he is not ashamed to call them “brothers,”

Ruth 1:16

But Ruth said, “Do not press me to go back and abandon you! Wherever you go I will go, wherever you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people and your God, my God.

1 Samuel 18:3

Jonathan and David made a covenant, because Jonathan loved him as his very self.

1 Samuel 19:2

told him: “My father Saul is trying to kill you. Therefore, please be on your guard tomorrow morning; stay out of sight and remain in hiding.

1 Samuel 19:3

I, however, will go out and stand beside my father in the countryside where you are, and will speak to him about you. If I learn anything, I will let you know.”

1 Samuel 20:17

And in his love for David, Jonathan renewed his oath to him, because he loved him as he loved himself.

1 Samuel 23:16

Then Saul’s son, Jonathan, came down to David at Horesh and encouraged him in the Lord.