Proverbs 17:17
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
In Context
16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?
Cross References
Ruth 1:16And Ruth said: 'Entreat me not to leave thee, and 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;
1 Samuel 19:2And Jonathan told David, saying: 'Saul my father seeketh to slay thee; now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself.
1 Samuel 20:17And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
2 Samuel 1:26I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant hast thou been unto me; wonderful was thy love to me, passing the love of women.
Esther 4:14For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house will perish; and who knoweth whether thou art not come to royal estate for such a time as this?'
Proverbs 18:24There are friends that one hath to his own hurt; but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:17
16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? Two things are here spoken of with astonishment:—1. God's great goodness to foolish man, in putting a price into his hand to get wisdom, to get knowledge and grace to fit him for both worlds. We have rational souls, the means of grace, the strivings of the Spirit, access to God by prayer; we have time and opportunity. He that has a good estate (so some understand it) has advantages thereby of getting wisdom by… Read the whole commentary →