“ A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. ”
Some take the proverb to describe (as in Proverbs 18:24 ) the “friend that sticketh closer than a brother:” and render: At all times, a friend loveth, but in adversity he is born (i. e., becomes)...
A friend loveth at all times, and a (h) brother is born for adversity. (h) So that he is more than a friend, even a brother that helps in time of adversity.
Proverbs 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family ( Proverbs 17:2 ), the practice of bribes ( Proverbs 17:8 ; Proverbs 17:23 ), the value of adversity as...
loveth at all times. Illustrations: Abraham ( Genesis 14:14 . Compare Proverbs 13:11 ); Joseph ( Genesis 45:5 ; Genesis 50:21 ); Moses ( Exodus 32:11-13 . Deuteronomy 9:18 ; Deuteronomy 9:25-29...
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. A friend loveth at all times - Equally in adversity as in prosperity. And a brother, according to the ties and interests of consangu...
A friend loveth at all times, &c.— This may be rendered; A friend loveth at all times; but he is a brother in the day of adversity. A good friend on certain occasions is better, and will do m...
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. A true friend loves at all times; but it is in adversity...
1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice ( Proverbs 7:14 ) if it was accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only...
A friend loveth at all times... — Rather, The ( true ) friend loveth at all times, and ( as ) a brother is born for adversity.
CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of the R.V, yields a much better sense than t...
Verse Proverbs 17:3 . Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire...
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor repr...
A friend loveth at all times ,.... A true, hearty, faithful friend, loves in times of adversity as well as in times of prosperity: there are many that are friends to persons, while they are in afflu...
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Ver. 17. A friend loveth at all times. ] Such a friend was Jonathan; Hushai the Archite; Ittai the Gittite, who stuck close to Da...
A friend loveth at all times A sincere and hearty friend not only loves in prosperity, but also in adversity, when false friends forsake us; and a brother Who is so, not only by name and blood, b...
17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. This intimates the strength of those bonds by which we are bound to each other and which we ought to be sensible...
A friend, a sincere and hearty friend, loveth at all times, not only in prosperity, but also in adversity, when false friends forsake us. A brother, who is so not only by name and blood, but by b...
The Ways Of The Fool ( Proverbs 17:16-23 ). The main emphasis in this subsection is on the ways of the fool ( Proverbs 17:16 ; Proverbs 17:21 ), the man void of mind (heart) ( Proverbs 17:16 ; P...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 17:17 . “ Friend and brother are related the one as the climax of the other. The friend is developed into a brother by adversity.” ( Lange’s Commentary ). MAIN HOM...
Proverbs 17:1 . Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. See Proverbs 15:17 . Proverbs 17:3 . The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace (or crucible) for gold. Silver ores in Me...
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. The unrivalled Friend Few men enjoy from others the highest and truest form of friendship. There is, however, a higher friends...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16 , Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 16:8 .) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. Dry bread was soaked in wine or water be...
v. 17. A friend loveth at all times, the good will among comrades being constant always, ever on the same level, and a brother is born for adversity, or, but the brother is born of adversity, for...
1 Samuel 18:3 ; 1 Samuel 19:2 ; 1 Samuel 20:17 ; 1 Samuel 23:16 ; 2 Samuel 1:26 ; 2 Samuel 9:1-13 ; Esther 4:14 ; Hebrews 2:11 ; John 15:13 ; John 15:14 ; Proverbs 18:24 ; Proverbs 19:7 ;...
Was born — Was sent into the world for this, that he might comfort and relieve his brother in adversity.