Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is there for times of trouble.
New American Standard Bible
And a brother is born for adversity.
King James Version
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Holman Bible
and a brother is born for a difficult time.
A Conservative Version
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
American Standard Version
A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
Amplified
A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.
Bible in Basic English
A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.
Darby Translation
The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Julia Smith Translation
A friend loves in all time, and a brother shall be born for straits.
King James 2000
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The friend loves at all times, but a brother is born for adversity.
Modern King James verseion
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for the time of trouble.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He is a friend that always loveth, and in adversity a man shall know who is his brother.
NET Bible
A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.
New Heart English Bible
A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
The Emphasized Bible
At all times, doth a friend love, and, a brother for distress, must be born.
Webster
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
World English Bible
A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
Youngs Literal Translation
At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.
Interlinear
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Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
16 What is this? A fool has enough money to buy wisdom, but is senseless? 17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is there for times of trouble. 18 A man who lacks sense cosigns a loan, becoming a guarantor for his neighbor.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:24
A man with many friends can still be ruined, but a true friend sticks closer than a brother.
Ruth 1:16
But Ruth answered, "Stop urging me to abandon you and to turn back from following you. Because wherever you go, I'll go. Wherever you live, I'll live. Your people will be my people, and your God, my God.
1 Samuel 18:3
Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as he loved himself.
1 Samuel 19:2
So Jonathan told David, "My father Saul is trying to kill you. In the morning be careful and stay hidden in a secret place.
1 Samuel 20:17
Jonathan made David vow again out of his love for him, because he loved him as himself.
1 Samuel 23:16
Saul's son Jonathan got up and went to David at Horesh, and he encouraged him to trust in God.
2 Samuel 1:26
I am in distress for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been most kind to me. Your love for me was extraordinary beyond love from women.
2 Samuel 9:1-13
Later on, David asked, "Is there anyone left alive from Saul's household to whom I can show gracious love in memory of Jonathan?"
Esther 4:14
Indeed, if you are silent at this time, relief and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. Who knows but that you were brought to the kingdom for a time like this?"
Proverbs 19:7
All the relatives of a poor person shun him how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he runs after them pleading, they aren't around.
John 15:13-14
No one shows greater love than when he lays down his life for his friends.
Hebrews 2:11
because both the one who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers