A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

滥交朋友的，自取败坏；但有一朋友比弟兄更亲密。

朋友太多的人，必受损害；但有一知己比兄弟更亲密。

朋友太多的人，必受损害；但有一知己比兄弟更亲密。

滥交友，自招损；得知己，胜手足。

朋友众多的人，终必彼此破裂，但有一位朋友，比兄弟更亲密。

朋友太多的人，会受损害；但有一知己，比兄弟更亲密。

濫交朋友的，自取敗壞；但有一朋友比弟兄更親密。

朋友太多的人，必受損害；但有一知己比兄弟更親密。

朋友太多的人，必受損害；但有一知己比兄弟更親密。

濫交友，自招損；得知己，勝手足。

朋友眾多的人，終必彼此破裂，但有一位朋友，比兄弟更親密。

有些朋友只是做同伴；但有愛友、比弟兄更親密。

朋友太多的人，會受損害；但有一知己，比兄弟更親密。

濫交多友、必致敗亡、有友一人、親於昆弟、

泛交眾人、必致損害、得一知己、愈於兄弟。

泛交眾人、必致受害、然有時朋友較兄弟更親、

One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

A person with unfaithful friends soon comes to ruin. But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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

There are“ friends” who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.

One with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

A person of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

A man with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

A man[ that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend[ that] sticketh closer than a brother.

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.

Ointment and perfume delight the heart, And the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel.

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; You have been very pleasant to me; Your love to me was wonderful, Surpassing the love of women.

Thus Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him,“ Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you.For he took his life in his hands and killed the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”

Now David said,“ Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. So when they had called him to David, the king said to him,“ Are you Ziba?” He said,“ At your service!”Then the king said,“ Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show the kindness of God?” And Ziba said to the king,“ There is still a son of Jonathan who is lame in his feet.”So the king said to him,“ Where is he?” And Ziba said to the king,“ Indeed he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.”Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.Now when Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, had come to David, he fell on his face and prostrated himself. Then David said,“ Mephibosheth?” And he answered,“ Here is your servant!”So David said to him,“ Do not fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.”Then he bowed himself, and said,“ What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I?”And the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him,“ I have given to your master’s son all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.You therefore, and your sons and your servants, shall work the land for him, and you shall bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth your master’s son shall eat bread at my table always.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.Then Ziba said to the king,“ According to all that my Lord the king has commanded his servant, so will your servant do.”“ As for Mephibosheth,” said the king,“ he shall eat at my table like one of the king’s sons.”Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Micha. And all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth.So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king’s table. And he was lame in both his feet.

So Absalom said to Hushai,“ Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”

Immediately he went up to Jesus and said,“ Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.But Jesus said to him,“ Friend, why have you come?” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him.

But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

Then Mephibosheth said to the king,“ Rather, let him take it all, inasmuch as my Lord the king has come back in peace to his own house.”And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim and went across the Jordan with the king, to escort him across the Jordan.Now Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. And he had provided the king with supplies while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.And the king said to Barzillai,“ Come across with me, and I will provide for you while you are with me in Jerusalem.”But Barzillai said to the king,“ How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?I am today eighty years old. Can I discern between the good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any longer the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be a further burden to my Lord the king?Your servant will go a little way across the Jordan with the king. And why should the king repay me with such a reward?Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, near the grave of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham; let him cross over with my Lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.”And the king answered,“ Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him what seems good to you. Now whatever you request of me, I will do for you.”Then all the people went over the Jordan. And when the king had crossed over, the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own place.

All these men of war, who could keep ranks, came to Hebron with a loyal heart, to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were of one mind to make David king.And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren had prepared for them.Moreover those who were near to them, from as far away as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, were bringing food on donkeys and camels, on mules and oxen— provisions of flour and cakes of figs and cakes of raisins, wine and oil and oxen and sheep abundantly, for there was joy in Israel.

Now it happened, when David had come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the people of Ammon, Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim,brought beds and basins, earthen vessels and wheat, barley and flour, parched grain and beans, lentils and parched seeds,honey and curds, sheep and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him to eat. For they said,“ The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying,“ Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord”—to those who were in Bethel, those who were in Ramoth of the South, those who were in Jattir,those who were in Aroer, those who were in Siphmoth, those who were in Eshtemoa,those who were in Rachal, those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, those who were in the cities of the Kenites,those who were in Hormah, those who were in Chorashan, those who were in Athach,those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to rove.