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Proverbs 17:17
17The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- New International Version (NIV)A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
Context of Proverbs 17:17
15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are abomination to Jehovah. 16To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he] hath no sense? The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. 18A senseless man striketh hands, becoming surety for his neighbour. 19He loveth transgression that loveth a quarrel; he that maketh high his gate seeketh destruction.
Read all of Proverbs 17Proverbs 17:17 word by word
בְּכָל־עֵ֭ת אֹהֵ֣ב הָרֵ֑עַ וְאָ֥ח לְ֝צָרָ֗ה יִוָּלֵֽד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 17:17
- Proverbs 18:24A man of [many] friends will come to ruin but there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
- Proverbs 19:7All the brethren of a poor [man] hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him: he pursueth [them] with words, — they are not [to be found].
- Ruth 1:16And Ruth said, Do not intreat me to leave thee, to return from [following] after thee; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God;
- 1 Samuel 18:3And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
- 1 Samuel 19:2But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David. And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill thee; and now, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place and hide thyself;
- 1 Samuel 20:17And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by the love he had for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
- 1 Samuel 23:16And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
- 2 Samuel 1:26I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant wast thou unto me; Thy love to me was wonderful, passing women's love.
- 2 Samuel 9:1And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
- Esther 4:14For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there arise relief and deliverance to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall perish. And who knows whether thou art [not] come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
- John 15:13No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.
- Hebrews 2:11For both he that sanctifies and those sanctified [are] all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Commentaries on Proverbs 17:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17A friend loveth at all times - Equally in adversity as in prosperity. And a brother, according to the ties and interests of consanguinity, is born to support and comfort a brother in distress.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Some take the proverb to describe (as in Proverbs 18:24) the “friend that sticketh closer than a brother:” and render: At all times, a friend loveth, but in adversity he is born (i. e., becomes) a brother.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17Verse 17 No change of outward circumstances should abate our affection for our friends or relatives. But no friend, except Christ, deserves unlimited confidence. In Him this text did receive, and still receives its most glorious fulfilment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. To the second of these parallel clauses, there is an accession of meaning, that is, that a brother's love is specially seen in adversity.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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