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1 | What is the true meanign of proverbs 18: | Prov 17:17 | Tim3:16 | 208705 | ||
Hi Crazyace, The best way to describe the Gist of the verse is brought to us, I feel, by the late Matthew Henry: "A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." (Pro 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 every thing that lies in our power; that is showing ourselves friendly. 2. That it is worth our while to do so, for we may promise ourselves a great deal of comfort in a true friend. A brother indeed is born for adversity, as he had said, ch. 17:17. In our troubles we expect comfort and relief from our relations, but sometimes there is a friend, that is nothing akin to us, the bonds of whose esteem and love prove stronger than those of nature, and, when it comes to the trial, will do more for us than a brother will. Christ is a friend to all believers that sticks closer than a brother; to him therefore let them show themselves friendly. I hope this helps, your friend in Christ, Tim |
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2 | What is the true meanign of proverbs 18: | Prov 17:17 | Searcher56 | 208708 | ||
Tim, WARNING - Cite your source. This is from Matthew Henry. One that I saw the exact wording is ... www.apostolic-churches.net/bible/mhc/proverbs/18.html Searcher |
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3 | What is the true meanign of proverbs 18: | Prov 17:17 | stjohn | 208716 | ||
Hi Searcher: Maybe you should read the first line of Tim's post again? Though the source may be a little bit ambiguous, it nonetheless is there. -- "The best way to describe the gist of the verse is brought to us, I feel, by the late, Matthew Henry:" --Tim316 No problem though, Seacher, we all make mistakes brother. :-) God bless John |
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4 | What is the true meanign of proverbs 18: | Prov 17:17 | Timaeus | 208724 | ||
Thanks, John, I was unable monitor the thread for a while and am just getting back to it now. It is my belief that Matthew Henry's commentary is in the Public Domain. Again, I could be wrong. If I were to not cite the source, would I be guilty of copyright infringement? or would it just be poor etiquette? My hat goes off to Searcher for his diligence, whether he could've been off the mark or not is not as important to me, as his intentions were honorable. God Bless you both for all that you do, Tim |
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5 | What is the true meanign of proverbs 18: | Prov 17:17 | azurelaw | 208732 | ||
Dear Tim, I am wondering if you have also registered under another user name Tim3:16? If so, could you please confirm which one you are going to use for future posting since as far as I know, it violates the terms of use for duplicate registration. Shalom Azure |
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6 | What is the true meanign of proverbs 18: | Prov 17:17 | Timaeus | 208736 | ||
My apologies to you, Azure, and to the Forum. I used a different user name on a different computer at a different address, and not remembering the details of it, I just started with a new name and password. I am not sure how the old one re-surfaced, again, I apologize if I broke any rules, and also if I caused any confusion. Tim |
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7 | What is the true meanign of proverbs 18: | Prov 17:17 | stjohn | 208739 | ||
Dear Tim: I find it incredible that someone has just deleted the profile from your old account since you don't seem to remember the details of it. Did you just remember it? And if so, why did you delete the profiles of your old and new username accounts and opaque past information about yourself form the forum? | ||||||