Proverbs 18:24

New King James Version

A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:17

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

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and perfume delight the heart, And the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel.

2 Samuel 1:26

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; You have been very pleasant to me; Your love to me was wonderful, Surpassing the love of women.

2 Samuel 21:7

But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

2 Samuel 16:17

So Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”

Proverbs 27:10

Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

1 Samuel 18:1

Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 18:3

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

2 Samuel 15:21

But Ittai answered the king and said, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in whatever place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also your servant will be.”