²⁴ A man of many companions may come to ruin,
    but ^(A)there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

¹⁰ Do not forsake your friend and ^(A)your father's friend,
    and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity.
^(B)Better is a neighbor who is near
    than a brother who is far away.