Proverbs 18:24
24 A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but zthere is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 — The New International Version (NIV)
24 One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly:
And there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 — New Living Translation (NLT)
24 There are “friends” who destroy each other,
but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
24 A man who has friends must himself be friendly,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 — New Century Version (NCV)
24 Some friends may ruin you,
but a real friend will be more loyal than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 — American Standard Version (ASV)
24 He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction;
But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
24 A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
24 Friends can destroy one another,
but a loving friend can stick closer than family.
Proverbs 18:24 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
24 A man with many friends may be harmed,
but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
24 Some friends play at friendship
but a true friend sticks closer than one’s nearest kin.
Proverbs 18:24 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
24 A man of many friends will come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
24 Even a man who has many companions can be destroyed.
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
24 A man of too many friends comes to ruin,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.