THEOSISProverbs 18:24Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.
אִ֣ישׁ רֵ֭עִים לְהִתְרֹעֵ֑עַ וְיֵ֥שׁ אֹ֝הֵ֗ב דָּבֵ֥ק מֵאָֽח׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 17:17He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.
- John 15:13Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
- John 15:15I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have called you friends. because all things, whatsoever I have heard of my Father, I have made known to you.
- Prov 27:9Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.
- 2 Sam 1:26I grieve for thee, my brother Jonathan: exceeding beautiful, and amiable to me above the love of women. As the mother loveth her only son, so did I love thee.
- 1 Sam 19:4And Jonathan spoke good things of David to Saul, his father: and said to him: Sin not, O king, against thy servant, David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and his works are very good towards thee.
- 1 Sam 19:5And he put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought great salvation for all Israel. Thou sawest it and didst rejoice. Why therefore wilt thou sin against innocent blood, by killing David, who is without fault?
- 2 Sam 9:1And David said: Is there any one, think you, left of the house of Saul, that I may shew kindness to him for Jonathan's sake?