Pro 17:17, 18:19, 24, 19:7 | ESV | STEP | A friend loves at all times , and a brother is born for adversity .

a ch. 18:24; 27:10; [Ruth 1:16; Job 6:14]

bSee ch. 17:17

c[ver. 4]

d[Ps. 38:11]

Proverbs 17:17

17 ^aA friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 18:19

19 A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city,
and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

Proverbs 18:24

24 A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but ^bthere is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 19:7

7 ^cAll a poor man’s brothers hate him;
^dhow much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew sentence is uncertain}