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Proverbs 18:24
There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 18:24 in other translations
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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In context
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
22 Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.
23 The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.
24 There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.
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