Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
A man of [many] friends will come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
New American Standard Bible
But there is
King James Version
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Holman Bible
but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
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International Standard Version
A man with many friends can still be ruined, but a true friend sticks closer than a brother.
A Conservative Version
He who makes many friends [does it] to his own destruction, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
American Standard Version
He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Amplified
The man of too many friends [chosen indiscriminately] will be broken in pieces and come to ruin,
But there is a [true, loving] friend who [is reliable and] sticks closer than a brother.
Bible in Basic English
There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.
Darby Translation
A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Julia Smith Translation
A man of friends for making friendship: and there is love attaching more than a brother.
King James 2000
A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.
Modern King James verseion
A man who has friends may be broken up, but there is a Lover who sticks closer than a brother.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A friend that delighteth in love, doth a man more friendship, and sticketh faster unto him than a brother.
NET Bible
A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
New Heart English Bible
A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
The Emphasized Bible
A man having many friends, shall come to ruin, but there is a loving one, who sticketh closer than a brother.
Webster
A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
World English Bible
A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Youngs Literal Translation
A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!
Themes
Closeness » The lord being near
Friendship » General references to » The desire for many friends, perilous
Friendship » There being a friend that sticks closer than a brother
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Devotionals about Proverbs 18:24
Devotionals containing Proverbs 18:24
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 18:24
Prayers for Proverbs 18:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness
23 The poor may speak entreaties, but the rich will answer roughly. 24 A man of [many] friends will come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:17
The friend loves at all times, but a brother is born for adversity.
1 Samuel 19:4-5
So Jonathan spoke well about David to his father Saul and said to him, "The king should not sin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his service for you [has been] very good.
1 Samuel 30:26-31
Then David came to Ziklag, and he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, "{Here is} a gift for you from the plunder of the enemies of Yahweh!"
2 Samuel 1:26
{I am distressed} over you, my brother Jonathan. you [were] very dear to me; your love [was] more wonderful to me than the love of women.
2 Samuel 9:1-13
Then David said, "[Is] there still anyone who [is] left for the house of Saul that I may show loyal love to him for the sake of Jonathan?"
2 Samuel 16:17
Absalom said to Hushai, "This [is] your loyal love with your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?"
2 Samuel 17:27-29
Just as David had arrived in Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the {Ammonites} and Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim
2 Samuel 19:30-39
Then Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him take the whole [thing], since my lord the king has come {safely} to his house."
2 Samuel 21:7
But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the sworn oath of Yahweh which [was] between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
1 Chronicles 12:38-40
All these [were] men of war arrayed in battle line {with a whole heart}. They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel. Likewise, all the rest of Israel [had] one heart to make David king.
Proverbs 27:9
Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend [is] {personal advice}.
Matthew 26:49-50
And he came up to Jesus immediately [and] said, "Greetings, Rabbi," and kissed him.
John 15:13-15
No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends.