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Proverbs 17

Prov. 17:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A friend
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
r loveth
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
at all times
`eth (Hebrew #6256)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
KJV usage: + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: from 5703
, and a brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
is born
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
for adversity
tsarah (Hebrew #6869)
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival
KJV usage: adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: tsaw-raw'
Origin: feminine of 6862
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Prov. 18:24• 24A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. (Prov. 18:24)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 18:24• 24A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. (Prov. 18:24)
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Prov. 19:7• 7All the brethren of a poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him: he pursueth them with words,--they are not to be found. (Prov. 19:7)
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Ruth 1:16• 16And Ruth said, Do not intreat me to leave thee, to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; (Ruth 1:16)
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1 Sam. 18:3• 3And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. (1 Sam. 18:3)
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1 Sam. 19:2• 2But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David. And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill thee; and now, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place and hide thyself; (1 Sam. 19:2)
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1 Sam. 20:17• 17And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by the love he had for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul. (1 Sam. 20:17)
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1 Sam. 23:16• 16And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. (1 Sam. 23:16)
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2 Sam. 1:26• 26I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant wast thou unto me; Thy love to me was wonderful, passing women's love. (2 Sam. 1:26)
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2 Sam. 9:1‑13• 1And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
 2And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba; and they called him to David. And the king said to him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant!
 3And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God to him? And Ziba said to the king, Jonathan has yet a son, who is lame on his feet.
 4And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.
 5And king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
 6And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face and did obeisance. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he said, Behold thy servant!
 7And David said to him, Fear not; for I will certainly shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
 8And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
 9Then the king called Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, I have given to thy master's son all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.
 10And thou, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat. And Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread at my table continually. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
 11And Ziba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so will thy servant do. And Mephibosheth said David shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
 12And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.
 13So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he did eat continually at the king's table. And he was lame on both his feet. (2 Sam. 9:1‑13)
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Esther 4:14• 14For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there arise relief and deliverance to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall perish. And who knows whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this? (Esther 4:14)
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John 15:13‑14• 13No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.
 14Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you. (John 15:13‑14)
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Heb. 2:11• 11For both he that sanctifies and those sanctified are all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, (Heb. 2:11)
• Involuntarily the Christian’s heart turns from any human example, however true and devoted, and calls up one Friend whose love the many waters of judgment could not quench, neither could the floods of wrath drown it. Our Lord Jesus Christ is that Friend. (“Proverbs Seventeen” by H.A. Ironside)
• There is no question but that many saints have trusted Him as their Saviour, who do not really know Him as a living, loving Friend—One who enters into all their griefs and would share all their joys. It is when He is known in this character that the difficulties of the pilgrim path can be faced with equanimity, and the heart can confide in Him in every hour of trial. See Proverbs 18:24. (“Proverbs Seventeen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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