Proverbs 18:24
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
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Cross references
- Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- John 15:13–15 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
- Proverbs 27:9 Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.