Proverbs 17:17

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

Proverbs 18:24

A man of too many friends comes to ruin,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Ruth 1:16

But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

1 Samuel 19:2

So Jonathan told David saying, “Saul my father is seeking to put you to death. Now therefore, please be on guard in the morning, and stay in a secret place and hide yourself.

1 Samuel 20:17

Jonathan made David vow again because of his love for him, because he loved him as he loved his own life.

1 Samuel 23:16

And Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David at Horesh, and encouraged him in God.

2 Samuel 1:26

“I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
You have been very pleasant to me.
Your love to me was more wonderful
Than the love of women.

2 Samuel 9:1-13

Then David said, “Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?”

Proverbs 19:7

All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
How much more do his friends abandon him!
He pursues them with words, but they are gone.

John 15:13-14

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

Hebrews 2:11

For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

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Summary

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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A man of too many friends comes to ruin,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
How much more do his friends abandon him!
He pursues them with words, but they are gone.

But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.

Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

So Jonathan told David saying, “Saul my father is seeking to put you to death. Now therefore, please be on guard in the morning, and stay in a secret place and hide yourself.

Jonathan made David vow again because of his love for him, because he loved him as he loved his own life.

And Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David at Horesh, and

encouraged him in God.

“I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
You have been very pleasant to me.

Your love to me was more wonderful

Than the love of women.

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,