Posted on 09/17/2020 7:33:51 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity” (Proverbs 17:16-17).
He wants to know where he can buy wisdom, but he really hasn’t any heart for it. He might as well just save his money. Generally, where wisdom is, the truth is—and not everyone has the heart to accept the truth. You certainly can’t get wisdom if you don’t love it. A lot of people spend a bunch of money on an education and not get a whole lot.
“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
Even when we have done wrong, and haven’t lived up to our convictions, a real friend is a friend through thick and thin. The best biblical example of this is David and Jonathan in First Samuel 20:18-30. Though the king of Israel, his dad, stood against David, Jonathan maintained true to him all through that time, right up until his death.
That was surely very hard to do, but “a friend loveth at all times.” Now, there is something one must do in order to make a friend: “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother” (Proverbs 18:24). A true friend is actually not that easy to find. There is quite a difference between a friend and an acquaintance, though two people may be friendly toward each other, they are not necessarily friends. And yes, it is possible to have a friend that sticks closer to them than a brother or a sister.
“. . . and a brother is born for adversity,” there are times I wished I had a big brother, instead of being a big brother. There were times when some kid was picking on me, I wished I could say, “My big brother is going to take care of you!” Brothers and sisters watch out for one another. Ecclesiastes says that two is better than one, especially when others are ganging up on you.
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