“A lovable man to society, etc. The believing people from the Gentiles are more loved by the Lord than the Jewish people continuing in unbelief, among whom he was born according to the flesh. It can also be understood of the apostles born from Jews, that they loved the believers from the Gentiles more than the unbeliev…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Proverbs
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24A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
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22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.