Proverbs 18:24
World English Bible (WEB)
A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
In context
22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.
23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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Proverbs 18:24 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays 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.