TOPICAL PROVERBS

by Grant Hodges

Wisdom for the Children of the King

FRIENDS

NIV
3:29 - Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.
17:17 - A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18:19 - An offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.
18:24 - A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
19:7 - A poor man is shunned by all his relatives-- how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he pursues them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.
27:6 - Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
27:9 - Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.
27:10 - Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you-- better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
27:14 - If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
27:19 - As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
28:19 - He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
29:5 - Whoever flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet.
29:11 - A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.

NASB
3:29 - Do not devise harm against your neighbor, while he lives securely beside you.
17:17 - A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18:19 - A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, and contentions are like the bars of a citadel.
18:24 - A man of too many friends comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
19:7 - All the brothers of a poor man hate him; How much more do his friends abandon him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone.
27:6 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
27:9 - Oil and perfume make the heart glad, so a man's counsel is sweet to his friend.
27:10 - Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
27:14 - He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be reckoned a curse to him.
27:17 - Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
27:19 - As in water face reflects face,  so the heart of man reflects man.
28:19 - He who tills his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows empty pursuits will have poverty in plenty.
29:5 - A man who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his steps.
29:11 - A fool always loses his temper, but a wise man holds it back.

KJV
3:29 - Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
17:17 - A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18:19 - A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
18:24 - A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
19:7 - All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
27:6 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
27:9 - Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
27:10 - Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
27:14 - He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
27:17 - Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
27:19 - As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
28:19 - He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
29:5 - A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
29:11 - A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.


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