Proverbs 17:17 · KJV
“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
— Proverbs 17:17
Wherefore {is there} a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing {he hath} no heart {to it}?
A man void of understanding striketh hands, {and} becometh surety in the presence of his friend. {understanding: Heb. heart}
Proverbs 17 — Context
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both {are} abomination to the LORD.
16Wherefore {is there} a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing {he hath} no heart {to it}?
17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18A man void of understanding striketh hands, {and} becometh surety in the presence of his friend. {understanding: Heb. heart}
19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: {and} he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:24
A man {that hath} friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend {that} sticketh closer than a brother.
John 15:13-14
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
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. {because...: or, by his love toward him}
1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
Proverbs 19:7
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth {them with} words, {yet} they {are} wanting {to him}.
Ruth 1:16
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, {or} 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: {Intreat...: or, Be not against me}
Hebrews 2:11
For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified {are} all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
2 Samuel 1:26
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.