Proverbs 17:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ A friend loves at all times. A true brother always supports you, even in times of trouble.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ A friend loveth at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ A friend loves at all times, and is born, as is a brother, for adversity.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Friends love all the time, and kinsfolk are born for times of trouble.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.

Proverbs 17:17 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 1:26

Jonathan, my brother, I miss you so much! I enjoyed being with you so much. Your love for me was more wonderful than the love of women.

2 Samuel 15:21

But Ittai answered the king, “As the Lord lives, and as long as you live, I will stay with you. {I will be with you} in life or death!”

Esther 4:14

If you keep quiet now, help and freedom for the Jews will come from another place. But you and your father’s family will all die. And who knows, maybe you have been chosen to be the queen for such a time as this?”

Proverbs 16:28

A troublemaker is always causing problems. That person spreads gossip and causes trouble between close friends.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son can bring a flood of troubles to his father. And a nagging wife is like water that won’t stop dripping.

Proverbs 19:7

If a person is poor, then even his family is against him. And all of his friends turn away from him. That poor person can beg them for help. But they will not go near him.

Hebrews 2:11

The One (Jesus) who makes people holy {\cf2\super [12]} and those people who are made holy are from the same family. So he (Jesus) is not ashamed to call those people his brothers and sisters.

Ruth 1:16

But Ruth said, “Don’t force me to leave you! Don’t force me to go back to my own people. Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you sleep, I will sleep. Your people will be my people. Your God will be my God.

1 Samuel 18:3

Jonathan and David made a special agreement because he loved him as much as he loved himself.

1 Samuel 20:17

Then Jonathan asked David to repeat his promise of love for him. Jonathan did this because he loved David as much as he loved himself.

1 Samuel 23:16

But Saul’s son Jonathan went to see David at Horesh. Jonathan helped David to have a stronger faith in God.