A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
~Proverbs 18:24 (ESV)
Do not forsake your friend and 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 who is far away.
~Proverbs 27:10
A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
~Proverbs 17:17
Many seek the favor of a generous man
and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
7 All a poor man's brothers hate him;
how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.
~Proverbs 19:6-7
Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
~Proverbs 27:5-6
A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
~Proverbs 29:5
Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
than he who flatters with his tongue.
~Proverbs 28:23
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
~Proverbs 13:20
Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
~Proverbs 27:9
Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.
~Proverbs 27:17
Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house,
lest he have his fill of you and hate you.
~Proverbs 25:17
Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,
rising early in the morning,
will be counted as cursing.
~Proverbs 27:14
Whoever sings songs to a heavy heart
is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,
and like vinegar on soda.
~Proverbs 25:20
Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death
19 is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I am only joking!”
~Proverbs 26:18-19
