Proverbs 17:17

New Century Version

A friend loves you all the time, and a brother helps in time of trouble.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:26

I cry for you, my brother Jonathan. I enjoyed your friendship so much. Your love to me was wonderful, better than the love of women.

2 Samuel 15:21

But Ittai said to the king, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will stay with you, whether it means life or death.”

Esther 4:14

If you keep quiet at this time, someone else will help and save the Jewish people, but you and your father’s family will all die. And who knows, you may have been chosen queen for just such a time as this.”

Proverbs 16:28

A useless person causes trouble, and a gossip ruins friendships.

Proverbs 18:24

Some friends may ruin you, but a real friend will be more loyal than a brother.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish child brings disaster to a father, and a quarreling wife is like dripping water.

Proverbs 19:7

Poor people’s relatives avoid them; even their friends stay far away. They run after them, begging, but they are gone.

Hebrews 2:11

Jesus, who makes people holy, and those who are made holy are from the same family. So he is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.

Ruth 1:16

But Ruth said, “Don’t beg me to leave you or to stop following you. Where you go, I will go. Where you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

1 Samuel 18:3

Jonathan made an agreement with David, because he loved David as much as himself.

1 Samuel 19:2

So he warned David, “My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Watch out in the morning. Hide in a secret place.

1 Samuel 19:3

I will go out and stand with my father in the field where you are hiding, and I’ll talk to him about you. Then I’ll let you know what I find out.”

1 Samuel 20:17

And Jonathan asked David to repeat his promise of love for him, because he loved David as much as he loved himself.

1 Samuel 23:16

But Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and strengthened his faith in God.