OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 18:24

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

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Verse 24. Brother. The ties of nature are not so strong as those of friendship. Calmet.—Hebrew “a man that hath friends must shew himself friendly; and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” Prot. Bible.—Ut ameris ama. Mart.

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