Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionOne who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. English Standard Version A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Berean Study Bible A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother. King James Bible A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. New American Standard Bible A man of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. American Standard Version He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Darby Bible Translation A man of [many] friends will come to ruin but there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother. Douay-Rheims Bible A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother. English Revised Version He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction: but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Young's Literal Translation A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother! Links Proverbs 18:24 Bible HubProverbs 18:24 Bible Apps Proverbs 18:24 Open Bible |
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