Proverbs 18:24 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 18:24

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 only not affront them, or quarrel with them, but we must love them, and make it appear that we do so by all expressions that are endearing, by being free with them, pleasing to them, visiting them and bidding them welcome, and especially by doing all the good offices we can and serving them in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 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 is guilty of great ingratitude. This may be spiritually applied; a believer is "a man of friends" F2 איש רעים "vir amicorum", Montanus, Vatablus, Baynus, Mercerus, Gejerus, Michaelis; "vir sodalium", Cocceius, Schultens. , as it may be rendered; he has many friends: God is his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 18:24

A man that hath friends must show himself friendly - Love begets love; and love requires love as its recompense. If a man do not maintain a friendly carriage, he cannot expect to retain his friends. Friendship is a good plant; but it requires cultivation to make it grow. There is a kind of factitious friendship in the world, that, to show one's self friendly in it, is very expensive, and in every way utterly unprofitable: it is maintained by expensive parties. feasts, etc., where the table... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 18:22-24

Love in different relations I. CONJUGAL LOVE . ( Proverbs 18:22 .) The blessing of a good wife. "Young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses" (Lord Bacon). On the choice of a with none but a recluse or a pedant would pretend to lay down infallible precepts or counsels. But every man who has been happy in the married relation will recognize his happiness as among the chiefest of blessings from above. It is indeed a good that is found, cannot be inherited... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 18:24

A man that hath friends must show himself friendly. The Authorized Version is certainly not correct. The Hebrew is literally, a man of friends will come to destruction. The word הִתְרוֹעֵעַ ( hithroea ) is the hithp, infinitive of רעע , "to break or destroy" (comp. Isaiah 24:19 ); and the maxim means that the man of many friends, who lays himself out to make friends of bad and good alike, does so to his own ruin. They will fled upon him, and exhaust his resources, but will... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 18:24

The Friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Without determining for certain which of the various renderings of the first clause of this verse should be adopted, there can be little doubt that it points to the difficulty of maintaining a wide circle of friends in true affection, contrasted with the blessedness of enjoying one deep and real friendship. The second cause which describes that friendship claims our attention on its own account. I. THE NATURE OF BROTHERLY ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 18:24

The unfailing Friend If these words had occurred in a book written any time A.D we should unhesitatingly have referred them to our Lord; they are beautifully and perfectly applicable to him. For closer than any brother is he who is "not ashamed to call us brethren." I. HE COMES NEARER TO US THAN ANY BROTHER CAN . A human brother can draw very near to us in his knowledge of us and his brotherly sympathy with us; but not as Christ, our Divine Friend, can and does. His ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 18:24

Proverbs 18:24. A man that hath friends Hebrew, a man of friends; either, 1st, Who desires the friendship of others; or, 2d, Who professes friendship to others; must show himself friendly Must perform all kind offices to his friend, which is the very end of friendship, and the way to preserve it; and there is a friend that sticketh closer To him that desires and needs his help; who is more hearty in the performance of all duties of friendship; than a brother Than the nearest... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 18:1-24

Real strength (18:1-24)When people become too confident in their own opinions, they are liable to break away from former friends. They become unreasonable in discussion and blind to the viewpoints of others. Those who despise others will themselves be disgraced (18:1-3). The words of the wise bring refreshment, but those of a fool or a gossip bring destruction (4-8).Those who leave work undone are almost as bad as those who wreck what already has been done (9). Those who trust in God know they... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 18:24

A man. A special various reading called sevir reads yesh, instead of ish , which means "there is", or "there are "instead of "a man". It occurs three times: here, 2 Samuel 14:19 , and Micah 6:10 . friends. Hebrew. re'im = feeders, from ra'ah to feed (Psalms 23:1 , shepherd). must shew himself friendly = who break in pieces. Hebrew. Hithipolel of ra'a' ( App-44 .) there is. Hebrew. yesh, as in preceding line. a friend = a lover (who loves "without cause"). Note the Figure of speech ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 18:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 18:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 18:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 18:22-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 18:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 18:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 18:24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 18:24

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 18:1-24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 18:24

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