Proverbs 18:24
He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
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- Proverbs 17:17 A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
- John 15:13–15 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you. No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you.
- Proverbs 27:9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.