Proverbs 27:10

Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

Proverbs 18:24

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

1 Kings 12:6-8

King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, "How do you advise me to answer these people?"

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

2 Samuel 19:24

Now Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson, came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely returned, Mephibosheth had not cared for his feet nor trimmed his mustache nor washed his clothes.

2 Samuel 19:28

After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table! What further claim do I have to ask the king for anything?"

2 Samuel 21:7

The king had mercy on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, in light of the Lord's oath that had been taken between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

2 Chronicles 10:6-8

King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, "How do you advise me to answer these people?"

2 Chronicles 24:22

King Joash disregarded the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada's son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, "May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!"

Job 6:21-23

For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.

Proverbs 19:7

All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him -- he pursues them with words, but they do not respond.

Isaiah 41:8-10

"You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the Lord says: "What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.

Obadiah 1:12-14

You should not have gloated when your relatives suffered calamity. You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed. You should not have boasted when they suffered adversity.

Luke 10:30-37

Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.

Acts 23:12

When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:23-35

Then he summoned two of the centurions and said, "Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen by nine o'clock tonight,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

General references

Bible References

Own

2 Samuel 19:24
Now Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson, came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely returned, Mephibosheth had not cared for his feet nor trimmed his mustache nor washed his clothes.
2 Samuel 21:7
The king had mercy on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, in light of the Lord's oath that had been taken between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
1 Kings 12:6
King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, "How do you advise me to answer these people?"
2 Chronicles 24:22
King Joash disregarded the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada's son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, "May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!"
Isaiah 41:8
"You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,
Jeremiah 2:5
This is what the Lord says: "What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.

Neither

Proverbs 19:7
All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him -- he pursues them with words, but they do not respond.
Job 6:21
For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.
Obadiah 1:12
You should not have gloated when your relatives suffered calamity. You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed. You should not have boasted when they suffered adversity.

Better

Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.
Proverbs 18:24
A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Luke 10:30
Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.
Acts 23:12
When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

General references

Luke 10:32
So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

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