Proverbs 27:10
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
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- 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.
- Proverbs 17:17 A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
- 1 Kings 12:6–8 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.