24A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
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A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. …
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24)Solomon here recommends friendship to us, and shows, 1. What we must do that we may contract and cultivate friendship; we must show ourselves friendly . Would we have friends and keep them, we must not only not affront them, or quarrel with them, but we must love them, and make it appear that we do so by all expressions that are endearing, by being free with them, pleasing to them, visiting them a…
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