Pro 18:24, Isa 49:14-17 | ESV | STEP | A man of many companions may come to ruin , but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother .

Proverbs 18:24

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

Isaiah 49:14-17

14 But Zion said, ^b“The Lord has forsaken me;
my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 ^c“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
16 Behold, ^dI have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.
17 Your builders make haste; ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll; Masoretic Text Your children make haste}
^fyour destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.