Proverbs 17:17

Proverbs Of Solomon

¹⁶ Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart for it? ¹⁷ A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. ¹⁸ A man void of understanding gives pledge, and becomes surety 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 that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.

Ruth 1:16

And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave you, or 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

But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, I pray you, take heed to yourself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide yourself:

1 Samuel 20:17

And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

1 Samuel 23:16

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

2 Samuel 1:26

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

2 Samuel 9:1-13

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

Esther 4:14

For if you altogether hold your peace at this time, then shall relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but you and your father's house shall be destroyed: and who knows whether you are come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Proverbs 19:7

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursues them with words, yet they are nothing to him.

John 15:13-14

Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Hebrews 2:11

For both he that sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,