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A friend is not known[a] in prosperity,
    nor is an enemy hidden in adversity.(A)
One’s enemies are friendly[b] when one prospers,
    but in adversity even one’s friend disappears.(B)
10 Never trust your enemy,
    for like corrosion in copper, so is his wickedness.

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Footnotes

  1. 12.8 Other ancient authorities read punished
  2. 12.9 Heb: Gk grieved