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Verse Proverbs 17:17. _A FRIEND LOVETH AT ALL TIMES_] Equally in
_adversity_ as in _prosperity_. And a _brother_, according to the ties
and interests of consanguinity, is _born_ to support and comfort...
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Some take the proverb to describe (as in Proverbs 18:24) the “friend
that sticketh closer than a brother:” and render: At all times, a
friend loveth, but in adversity he is born (i. e., becomes) a bro...
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CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS
Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a
few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the
LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs...
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PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to
a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes
(Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test o...
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LOVETH AT ALL TIMES. Illustrations: Abraham (Genesis 14:14. Compare
Proverbs 13:11); Joseph (Genesis 45:5; Genesis 50:21); Moses ...
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_a brother is born_ Or (making _a friend_the subject clauses) IS BORN
AS A BROTHER, R.V. marg. A friend love friend's love always, but with
the love of a born brother in adversity. So was it with Jona...
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A FRIEND LOVETH AT ALL TIMES, &C.— This may be rendered; _A friend
loveth at all times; but he is a brother in the day of adversity._ A
good friend on certain occasions is better, and will do more, th...
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TEXT Proverbs 17:11-19
11.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion;
Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
Rather than a fool in his fo...
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A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
A FRIEND LOVETH AT ALL TIMES, AND A BROTHER IS BORN FOR ADVERSITY. A
true friend loves at all times; but it is in adversity especi...
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1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the
festal meal which followed a sacrifice (Proverbs 7:14) if it was
accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only diet...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 17
V1 One man eats dry bread in a calm and quiet place.
But that man’s meal is better than the food at a party where there
are arguments....
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A real friend does not forget you, if you become poor. He helps you
when you have troubles.
A brother or sister should be a true friend. Solomon uses humour here.
He says that your brother was born t...
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A FRIEND LOVETH AT ALL TIMES... — Rather, _The_ (_true_)_ friend
loveth at all times, and_ (_as_)_ a brother is born for adversity.
_...
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בְּ כָל ־עֵ֭ת אֹהֵ֣ב הָ רֵ֑עַ וְ...
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CHAPTER 18
FRIENDSHIP
"A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for
adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of
the R.V, yields a much better sense than the lo...
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CHAPTER 25
FORGIVING
"Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not
with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I
will render to the man according to h...
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Verse Proverbs 17:3. Two important thoughts are suggested by this
proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that
of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire, b...
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A friend loveth at all times, and a (h) brother is born for adversity.
(h) So that he is more than a friend, even a brother that helps in
time of adversity....
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_Distress. Like the real friend, chap. xviii. 24._...
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The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD
trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar
giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor repro...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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A FRIEND LOVETH AT ALL TIMES,.... A true, hearty, faithful friend,
loves in times of adversity as well as in times of prosperity: there
are many that are friends to persons, while they are in affluent...
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A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Ver. 17. _A friend loveth at all times._] Such a friend was Jonathan;
Hushai the Archite; Ittai the Gittite, who stuck close to Davi...
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_A friend loveth at all times_ A sincere and hearty friend not only
loves in prosperity, but also in adversity, when false friends forsake
us; _and a brother_ Who is so, not only by name and blood, bu...
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V. 17. A FRIEND LOVETH AT ALL TIMES, the good will among comrades
being constant always, ever on the same level, AND A BROTHER IS BORN
FOR ADVERSITY, or, but the brother is born of adversity, for it i...
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A FRIEND, a sincere and hearty friend, loveth at all times, not only
in prosperity, but also in adversity, when false friends forsake us. A
BROTHER, who is so not only by name and blood, but by brothe...
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THE WAYS OF THE FOOL (PROVERBS 17:16).
The main emphasis in this subsection is on the ways of the fool
(Proverbs 17:16; Proverbs 17:21), the man void of mind (heart) ...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is
silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech.
KEY W...
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Proverbs 17:1. _Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith._ See
Proverbs 15:17.
Proverbs 17:3. _The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace_ (or
crucible) _for gold._ Silver ores in Mexico are...
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_A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity._
THE UNRIVALLED FRIEND
Few men enjoy from others the highest and truest form of friendship.
There is, however, a higher friendship...
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FRIENDSHIP
A friend loveth at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17.
We were not made to live alone; God meant us to have friends.
You must have noticed that even a baby it...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:9 These verses include two collections
of proverbs (vv. Proverbs 17:9 and vv. Pro
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 17:17. “FRIEND and BROTHER are related the one as the
climax of the other. The friend is developed into a brother by
adversity.” (_Lange’s Commentary_).
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 17:1
(Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
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Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of
sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1).
Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in
that economy the of the Judai...
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1 Samuel 18:3; 1 Samuel 19:2; 1 Samuel 20:17; 1 Samuel 23:16; 2
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Was born — Was sent into the world for this, that he might comfort
and relieve his brother in adversity....