Proverbs 17:17

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

ASV

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

LSV

The friend is loving at all times, || And a brother is born for adversity.

YLT

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

DBY

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

DRC

He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.

GNV

A friende loueth at all times: and a brother is borne for aduersitie.

JPS

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

LXXE

Have thou a friend for every time, and let brethren be useful in distress; for on this account are they born.

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Original-language editions

WLC

בְּכָל־עֵ֭ת אֹהֵ֣ב הָרֵ֑עַ וְאָ֥ח לְ֝צָרָ֗ה יִוָּלֵֽד׃

LXX-Br

Εἰς πάντα καιρὸν φίλος ὑπαρχέτω σοι, ἀδελφοὶ δὲ ἐν ἀνάγκαις χρήσιμοι ἔστωσαν, τούτου γὰρ χάριν γεννῶνται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 18:24A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
• John 15:13–14Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you.
• 1 Samuel 20:17And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
• Ruth 1:16But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
• 1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
• Proverbs 19:7All the brothers of a poor man hate him— how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
• Hebrews 2:11For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
• 2 Samuel 1:26I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
• Esther 4:14For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a…
• 2 Samuel 9:1–13Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?” And there was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king…
• 1 Samuel 23:16And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,
• 1 Samuel 19:2so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.

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