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

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

²⁴ He that maketh many friends [doeth it] to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

²⁴ A man of many companions may be ruined,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.