THEOSISProverbs 17:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.
בְּכָל־עֵ֭ת אֹהֵ֣ב הָרֵ֑עַ וְאָ֥ח לְ֝צָרָ֗ה יִוָּלֵֽד׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 18:24A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.
- John 15:13Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
- John 15:14You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.
- 1 Sam 20:17And Jonathan swore again to David, because he loved him: for he loved him as his own soul.
- Prov 19:7The brethren of the poor man hate him: moreover also his friends have departed far from him. He that followeth after words only, shall have nothing.
- 1 Sam 18:3And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for he loved him as his own soul.
- Ruth 1:16She answered: Be not against me, to desire that I should leave thee and depart: for whithersoever thou shalt go, I will go: and where thou shalt dwell, I also will dwell. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.
- Heb 2:11For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one. For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying: