Proverbs 18:24

New English Translation

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:26

I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women.

2 Samuel 15:21

But Ittai replied to the king, “As surely as the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether dead or alive, there I will be as well!”

2 Samuel 16:17

Absalom said to Hushai, “Do you call this loyalty to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”

2 Samuel 21:7

The king had mercy on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, in light of the Lord’s oath that had been taken between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

Proverbs 27:10

Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one’s friend from sincere counsel.

1 Samuel 18:1

When David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life.

1 Samuel 18:3

Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life.