Proverbs 18:24
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
In context
22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
23 The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
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Proverbs 18:24 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
- KJV King James Version
- A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
- WEB World English Bible
- A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- ASV 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A man with friends [is] to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!
- DBY Darby Translation
- A man of [many] friends will come to ruin but there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
- WBS Webster Bible
- A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.