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When you are prosperous, they become your second self, and lord it over your servants;
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but if you are brought low, they turn against you, and hide themselves from you.
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Keep away from your enemies, and be on guard with your friends.
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Faithful friends are a sturdy shelter: whoever finds one has found a treasure.
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Faithful friends are beyond price; no amount can balance their worth.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.