Proverbs 18:24

A man that hath friends must show himself friendly,.... Friendship ought to be mutual and reciprocal, as between David and Jonathan; a man that receives friendship ought to return it, or otherwise he…

Better, “A man of many companions is so to his own destruction, but there is a friend (the true, loving friend) etc.” It is not the multitude of so called friends that helps us. They may only…

Solomon here recommends friendship to us, and shows, 1. What we must do that we may contract and cultivate friendship; we must show ourselves friendly. Would we have friends and keep them, we must not…

A man that hath friends Lit. a man of friends, i.e. one who makes many friends, R.V.; makes them too easily and indiscriminately.

must shew himself friendly Rather, doeth it to his own destruction,…