Proverbs 17:17

Proverbs Of Solomon

¹⁶ Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding? ¹⁷ A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity. ¹⁸ A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

Born for Adversity

Friend Loves at All Times

Time of Trouble

Times of Trouble

Proverbs 18:24

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Ruth 1:16

Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 19:2

Jonathan told David, saying, "Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself.

1 Samuel 20:17

Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

1 Samuel 23:16

Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.

2 Samuel 1:26

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

2 Samuel 9:1-13

David said, "Is there yet any who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?"

Esther 4:14

For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. Who knows if you haven't come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"

Proverbs 19:7

All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

John 15:13-14

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Hebrews 2:11

For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,