King James Version
Proverbs 18:24 in the King James Version says “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.”
Proverbs 18:24 · KJV
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“A man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“must shew himself friendly”
H7489properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e., bad (physically, socially or morally)
“and there is”
H3426there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
“than a brother”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
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