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If you want to gain a friend, get him in a time of testing, and don’t be in a hurry to trust him.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 7. Get. Lit. “dost possess a friend, possess him in trial,” ( Bible.) as the Greek also has it. But the Hebrew term kanah, means likewise, “to acquire,” and a friend ought to be chosen with judgment. It is too late to try him after he has been received. Calmet.—One must try much before a companion be chosen, that he may be afterwards preserved. Plut.—“Possess not friends quickly, but those whom thou hast obtained, reject not with disgrace.” Solon. Laert. i. and ii. 8.
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