Proverbs 18:24 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Friends can destroy one another, but a loving friend can stick closer than family. (GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

ASV:

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

BBE:

There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

DBY:

A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

ERV:

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction: but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

JPS:

There are friends that one hath to his own hurt; but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

WBS:

A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

WEB:

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

YLT:

A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

Proverbs 18:24 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

John 15:14 "You are My friends if you do what I command you.

John 15:15 "No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

18:24 A man [that hath] friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer {q} than a brother.
(q) That is, often such are found who are more ready to do pleasure, than he that is more bound by duty.

WES:

18:24 A man - Heb. A man of friends; who desires the friendship of others.

MHC:

18:19. Great care must be taken to prevent quarrels among relations and those under obligations to each other. Wisdom and grace make it easy to forgive; but corruption makes it difficult. 20. The belly is here put for the heart, as elsewhere; and what that is filled with, our satisfaction will be accordingly, and our inward peace. 21. Many a one has caused his own death, or the death of others, by a false or injurious tongue. 22. A good wife is a great blessing to a man, and it is a token of Divine favour. 23. Poverty tells men they must not order or demand. And at the throne of God's grace we are all poor, and must use entreaties. 24. Christ Jesus never will forsake those who trust in and love him. May we be such friends to others, for our Master's sake. Having loved his own, which were in the world, he loved them unto the end; and we are his friends if we do whatever he commands us, Joh 15:14.

CONC:

Adhering Brother Closer Companions Destruction Friend Friendly Friends Hurt Keeps Lover Maketh Man's Nearer Pretend Ruin Ruined Shew Sticketh Sticks

Adhering Closer Companions Destruction Friend Friendly Friends Hurt Keeps Lover Maketh Nearer Pretend Ruin Ruined Shew Show Sticks

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