New American Standard Bible 1995
Proverbs 17:17
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 who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord. 16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, When he has no sense? A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity. 18A man lacking in sense pledges And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor. 19He who loves transgression loves strife; He who raises his door seeks destruction.
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בְּכָל־עֵ֭ת אֹהֵ֣ב הָרֵ֑עַ וְאָ֥ח לְ֝צָרָ֗ה יִוָּלֵֽד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 17:17
- Proverbs 18:24A man of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- Proverbs 19:7All the brothers of a poor man hate him; How much more do his friends abandon him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone.
- Ruth 1:16But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following 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 18:3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
- 1 Samuel 19:2So Jonathan told David saying, “Saul my father is seeking to put you to death. Now therefore, please be on guard in the morning, and stay in a secret place and hide yourself.
- 1 Samuel 20:17Jonathan made David vow again because of his love for him, because he loved him as he loved his own life.
- 1 Samuel 23:16And Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David at Horesh, and encouraged him in God.
- 2 Samuel 1:26I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was more wonderful Than the love of women.
- 2 Samuel 9:1Then David said, “Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”
- Esther 4:14For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?”
- John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
- Hebrews 2:11For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason 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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Notes
- 1. Proverbs 17:17 Ruth 1:16; Prov 18:24 ↩
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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