Proverbs 18:24

NIV: One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

NAS: A man of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

KJV: A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

GWT: Friends can destroy one another, but a loving friend can stick closer than family.

ASV: He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

BBE: There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

DBY: A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

DRB: A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.

WBS: A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

WEB: A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

YLT: A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!