2 Samuel 16:17

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:18

Hushai said to Absalom, “No; but the one whom the Lord and this people and all the Israelites have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain.

2 Samuel 19:25

When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.

Proverbs 18:24

Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one's nearest kin.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Do you thus repay the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?