Proverbs 17:17-18

17 Friends always show their love. What are relatives for if not to share trouble? ¹

18 Only someone with no sense would promise to be responsible for someone else's debts.

Proverbs 17:17-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 7

This chapter gives an account of some buildings of Solomon for himself, 1Ki 7:1-12; and of other things for the use of the temple; of two pillars of brass, 1Ki 7:13-22; of the molten sea, 1Ki 7:23-26; and of ten bases, and ten layers on them, 1Ki 7:27-39; with other utensils and ornaments, 1Ki 7:40-51.

Cross References

• 1. +217.17Ben Sira 6.7-10.