2 Samuel 16:17

Webster Bible (1833)

And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

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And Hushai said to Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

And it came to pass, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?