Proverbs 18:24

A man — Heb. A man of friends; who desires the friendship of others.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 18:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Better, “A man of many companions is so to his own destruction, but there is a friend (the true, loving friend) etc.” It is not the multitude of so...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

A man [that hath] friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer (q) than a brother. (q) That is, often such are f...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:1 . MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liabl...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

A man. . special various reading called sevir reads yesh, instead of ish , which means "there is", or "there are "instead of "a man". It occurs...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. A man that hath friends must show...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. A man (that hath) friends (ass...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and oppo...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

RV 'He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; but' 'The friend thou hast, and his adoption tried, Grapple him to thy soul wit...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly. — Rather, a man of many friends will suffer loss, for he will impoverish himself by constant...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Pro...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 18:1 . The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him. The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS. Reader! what a blessed thing it is to sit down under the teaching of the Holy Ghost; and while this book of God appears indeed truly pa...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A man [that hath] friends must show himself friendly ,.... Friendship ought to be mutual and reciprocal, as between David and Jonathan; a man that r...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother. Ver. 24. A man that hath friend...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A man that hath friends Hebrew, a man of friends; either, 1st, Who desires the friendship of others; or, 2d, Who professes friendship to others;...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Solomon here r...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A man that hath friends, Heb. a man of friends ; either, 1. Who desires the friendship of others. Or, 2. Who professeth friendship to others....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 18:24 . The first clause of this verse should be “A man of many friends will prove himself base, or is so to his own de...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 18:24 When Christian people talk of a friend that sticketh closer than a brother, there is commonly one Friend in their mind, the best Fr...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. יתגלע yithgalâ; this word occurs but t...
The Biblical Illustrator

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly. Duties to equals, neighbours, friends, husband, and wife The carriage of equals to one anot...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 24. A man that hath friends must show himself friendly, rather, a man who has all the world for his friend will fail in true friendship, for he...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 12:38-40 ; 1 Samuel 19:4 ; 1 Samuel 19:5 ; 1 Samuel 30:26-31 ; 2 Samuel 1:26 ; 2 Samuel 16:17 ; 2 Samuel 17:27-29 ; 2 Samuel 19:...

²⁴ A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 18:24

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible 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

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