I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were such a friend to me. Your love for me was more wondrous than the love of women.
Proverbs 18:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised One with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: And there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. American Standard Version (1901) He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Common English Bible There are persons for companionship, but then there are friends who are more loyal than family. Catholic Public Domain Version A man amiable to society shall be more friendly than a brother. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother. |
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were such a friend to me. Your love for me was more wondrous than the love of women.
But in response, Ittai vowed to the king, ‘As the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether it means life or death, your servant will be there! ’
‘Is this your loyalty to your friend? ’ Absalom asked Hushai. ‘Why didn’t you go with your friend? ’
David spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul’s son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between David and Jonathan, Saul’s son.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time.
Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend, and don’t go to your brother’s house in your time of calamity; better a neighbour nearby than a brother far away.
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.
When David had finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan was bound to David in close friendship, and loved him as much as he loved himself.
Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as much as himself.