2 Samuel 16:17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your kindness to your friend? why went you not with your friend? Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it never can be trusted after. The more graceful and ornamental it was, the more clearly do we discern the hopelessness of restoring it to its former state. Coarse stones if they are fractured may be cemented again: precious ones never. (Landor.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?WEB: Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?" |
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