Proverbs 18:24

²⁴ One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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Other Translations of Proverbs 18:24

King James Version

²⁴ A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

English Standard Version

²⁴ A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

The Message

²⁴ Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family.

New King James Version

²⁴ A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

New Living Translation

²⁴ There are "friends" who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 18:24

Commentary on Proverbs 18:24

(Read Proverbs 18:24)

Christ Jesus never will forsake those who trust in and love him. May we be such friends to others, for our Master's sake. Having loved his own, which were in the world, he loved them unto the end; and we are his friends if we do whatever he commands us, John 15:14.