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Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative's house when disaster strikes you-- better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.King James Bible
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.American Standard Version
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.Young's Literal Translation
Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better is a near neighbour than a brother afar off.Proverbs 27:10 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThine own friend - A well and long tried friend is invaluable. Him that has been a friend to thy family never forget, and never neglect. And, in the time of adversity, rather apply to such a one, than go to thy nearest relative, who keeps himself at a distance. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge own 2 Samuel 19:24,28 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard... 2 Samuel 21:7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them... 1 Kings 12:6-8 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said... 2 Chronicles 24:22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said... Isaiah 41:8-10 But you, Israel, are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend... Jeremiah 2:5 Thus said the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity... neither Proverbs 19:7 All the brothers of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursues them with words... Job 6:21-23 For now you are nothing; you see my casting down, and are afraid... Obadiah 1:12-14 But you should not have looked on the day of your brother in the day that he became a stranger... better Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 18:24 A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother. Luke 10:30-37 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment... Acts 23:12,23 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse... Proverbs 27:10 Parallel Commentaries
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Deuteronomy 22:1 If you see your fellow Israelite's ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it but be sure to take it back to its owner.
1 Kings 12:6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. "How would you advise me to answer these people?" he asked.
2 Chronicles 10:6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. "How would you advise me to answer these people?" he asked.
Proverbs 18:24 One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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