Proverbs 17:17

A friend loveth at all times... — Rather, The (true) friend loveth at all times, and (as) a brother is born for adversity.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 17:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 lov...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 ad...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 1...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

loveth at all times. Illustrations: Abraham ( Genesis 14:14 . Compare Proverbs 13:11 ); Joseph ( Genesis 45:5 ; Genesis 50:21 ); Moses ( Exodus 3...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 brothe...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 fr...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 accompanie...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 ma...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hat...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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. Dro...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 ea...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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 bou...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 brothe...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 ),...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 fu...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16 , Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 16:8 .) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 adversi...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Was born — Was sent into the world for this, that he might comfort and relieve his brother in adversity.

¹⁷ A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 17:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 17:17