{"id":6070,"date":"2017-07-10T09:44:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T13:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=6070"},"modified":"2017-07-10T12:50:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T16:50:55","slug":"a-man-who-has-friends-must-himself-be-friendly-but-there-is-a-friend-who-sticks-closer-than-a-brother-proverbs-1824-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/a-man-who-has-friends-must-himself-be-friendly-but-there-is-a-friend-who-sticks-closer-than-a-brother-proverbs-1824-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.&#8221; (Proverbs 18:24 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"110gj\" data-offset-key=\"5qscm-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5qscm-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5qscm-0-0\">Another way of reading this proverb might be: &#8220;A man may have many fair-weathered &#8216;friends,&#8217; but it is rare to have one who remains with him when trouble comes.&#8221; <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"110gj\" data-offset-key=\"2q1ha-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2q1ha-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2q1ha-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"110gj\" data-offset-key=\"6mvi7-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6mvi7-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6mvi7-0-0\">Such a friend is rare indeed, for he &#8220;sticks closer&#8221; than his own family. Jesus is such a friend. As He told his disciples, &#8220;Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one\u2019s life for his friends&#8221; (John 15:13). Jesus demonstrated this love when He died for us on the cross. O, what a Friend we have in Jesus!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another way of reading this proverb might be: &#8220;A man may have many fair-weathered &#8216;friends,&#8217; but it is rare to have one who remains for him when trouble comes.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Such a friend is rare indeed, for he &#8220;sticks closer&#8221; than his own family. Jesus is such a friend. As He told his disciples, &#8220;Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one\u2019s life for his friends&#8221; (John 15:13). Jesus demonstrated this love when He died for us on the cross. O, what a Friend we have in Jesus!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1287],"scripture-chapter":[1351],"oyb_day":[1718],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6070","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-proverbs","scripture-chapter-1351","oyb_day-july-10"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6070"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6070"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6070"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6070"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}