Proverbs 27:10

The Passion Translation

So never give up on a friend or abandon a friend of your father— for in the day of your brokenness you won’t have to run to a relative for help. A friend nearby is better than a relative far away.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:17

A dear friend will love you no matter what, and a family sticks together through all kinds of trouble.

Proverbs 18:24

Some friendships don’t last for long, but there is one loving friend who is joined to your heart closer than any other!

Proverbs 19:7

When a man is poor, even his family has no use for him. How much more will his “friends” avoid him— for though he begs for help, they won’t respond.

Jeremiah 2:5

He declares to you: “What did your ancestors find wrong with me that they would run so far away from me? They left me to follow worthless idols and themselves became worthless!

Acts 23:12

The next day, more than forty Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath to have no food or water until they had killed Paul.