But Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”
So Hushai said to Absalom, “No! For whomever the Lord, this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I shall be, and with him I shall remain.
And it was when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”
A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
A person of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
“Is this what you do to the Lord, You foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father who has purchased you? He has made you and established you.