Proverbs 17:17 (BSB)

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

From Proverbs 17. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 17:17

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 17:17: This intimates the strength of those bonds by which we are bound to each other and which we ought to be sensible of. 1. Friends must be constant to each other at all times. That is not true friendship which is not constant; it will be so if it be sincere, and actuated by a good principle.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 17:17: A friend loveth at all times,.... A true, hearty, faithful friend, loves in times of adversity as well as in times of prosperity: there are many that are friends to persons, while they are in affluent circumstances; but when there is a change in their condition, and they are stripped of all riches and substance; than their friends forsake them, and stand at a distance...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 17:17: To the second of these parallel clauses, there is an accession of meaning, that is, that a brother's love is specially seen in adversity.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 17:17: A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. (h) So that he is more than a friend, even a brother that helps in time of adversity.