Proverbs 18:24
There are some people who only pretend to be friends with us, but there are some friends who are more loyal than members of our families.
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1 Samuel 18:3Because Jonathan loved David so much, he made a solemn agreement with David. They promised each other that they would always be loyal friends.
1 Samuel 30:26When David and all the others arrived in Ziklag, David sent to his friends who were leaders in Judah some of the things that they had captured from the Amalek people-group. He said to them, “Here is a present for you. These are things that we took from Yahweh’s enemies.”
2 Samuel 9:1One day David asked, “Is there anyone who is a descendant of Saul to whom I can be kind?” He asked this because he wanted to honor Jonathan.
2 Samuel 16:17Absalom said to Hushai, “You have been loyal [RHQ] to your friend David for a long time. So why did you not go with him instead of coming to me?”
2 Samuel 19:30Mephibosheth replied to the king, “Your Majesty, I am content that you have returned safely. So allow him to take all the land.”
1 Chronicles 12:38All those men were soldiers who volunteered to be in David’s army. They came to Hebron wanting very much to enable David to be the king of all of the Israeli people.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:24
23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly. Note, 1. Poverty, though many inconveniences to the body attend it, has often a good effect upon the spirit, for it makes men humble and submissive, and mortifies their pride. It teaches them to use entreaties. When necessity forces men to beg it tells them they must not prescribe or demand, but take what is given them and be thankful. At the throne of God's grace we are all poor, and must use entreaties, not answer, but make application, must sue sub… Read the whole commentary →