Proverbs Chapter 17 verse 17 Holy Bible
A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
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A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.
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The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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A friend loves at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
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At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.
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Proverbs 17 : 17 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Some find a climax in the two clauses, and translate the last as Revised Version margin, "And is born as a brother for adversity," the same person being meant in both members of the sentence. A real friend loves his friend in prosperity and adversity; yea, he is more than a friend in time of need - he is a brother, as affectionate and as trusty as one connected by the closest ties of relationship (comp. Proverbs 18:24). Siracides gives a very cruel version of this proverb, "A friend cannot be known in prosperity; and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity. In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved; but in his adversity even a friend will depart" (Ecclus. 12:8, etc.). Cicero had a truer notion of the stability of friendship when he quoted Ennius's dictum, "Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur" ('De Amicit.,' 17.). Misfortune, says our maxim, is the touchstone of friendship; and one Greek gnome enjoins - Ἰδίας νόμιζε τῶν φίλων τὰς συμφοράς "Thy friend's misfortunes deem to be thine own;" while another runs - . . .
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) A friend loveth at all times . . .--Rather, The (true) friend loveth at all times, and (as) a brother is born for adversity.
