A quotation from The Bible
A loyal friend is a powerful defense:
whoever finds one has indeed found a treasure.
[φίλος πιστὸς σκέπη κραταιά,
ὁ δὲ εὑρὼν αὐτὸν εὗρεν θησαυρόν.]
The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 6:14 (Sir 6:14) [NJB (1985)]
More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/4408/
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... Show more...A quotation from The Bible
A loyal friend is a powerful defense:
whoever finds one has indeed found a treasure.
[φίλος πιστὸς σκέπη κραταιά,
ὁ δὲ εὑρὼν αὐτὸν εὗρεν θησαυρόν.]
The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 6:14 (Sir 6:14) [NJB (1985)]
More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/4408/
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A loyal friend is a powerful defense: whoever finds one has indeed found a treasure. [φίλος πιστὸς σκέπη κραταιά, ὁ δὲ εὑρὼν αὐτὸν εὗρεν θησαυρόν.] More on the history and acceptance of this Apocryphal book here and here. (Source (Greek)).
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