Sentences with phrase «closer than a brother»

«There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother» (Prov.

yes, he is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 18:24: One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

He is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.

He and Tom had been closer than brothers.

Not exact matches

Powell Jobs's brothers, Brad and Greg, have more than a 30 - year friendship with Monumental vice chairman Raul Fernandez, dating to their days at the University of Maryland, College Park, one of the people close to the deal said.

Even if I am seen as old - fashioned and possibly close - minded, I think I care about my brothers and sisters and their progression more than that.

It was pride on my part that stopped me entering into that deeper walk i wanted to do it in my strength but we can not the more we walk according to the flesh the more of a foothold the enemy has on us so we struggle.When we crucify the flesh and the works of the flesh and draw closer to God and rely on him we become as he is and that is who we are called to be.So we do not fail but continue to overcome in his strength not looking to the flesh at all but to Christ.You and i were called to be overcomers more than conquerers.May the Lord continue to strengthen you in your walk and faith as you grow in him.Your brother in Christ brentnz

A «father or a mother in God,» a «brother or sister in God» may be closer to us than our physical parents and relatives.

I generally put this down to very religious people (who have been raised with the concept that God is personally invested in them and is a central force in their life) experiencing the thought of a person without a religious belief system as being close to someone soul-less: without morals and without any fear of punishment (hell), so obviously less trustworthy than religious people who have a spiritual Big Brother and religious community watching their every move.

We ended up closer than all of my other brothers did, to my mom.

In fact, Jesus may have been closer to him than he was to his own brothers.

The custom recounted in the performance of levirate marriage in Ruth 4:8 (by which the brother or the next closest male kin takes the wife of the deceased relative) is, we should judge, considerably earlier than Deuteronomy.

In some respects, he is probably closer to the famed Atlantic salmon — which, despite its name, is a trout, too — than to his own blood brothers, the rainbow.

«Joe was even closer to Cuomo than [girlfriend] Sandra Lee, closer than his sisters and even his brother Chris.

But although he is sometimes said to be politically closer to Ralph than his brother, in truth the two Miliband brothers are worlds away from his brand of socialism.

I love my job, my brother is healthy and happy, my boyfriend is absolutely amazing, my close friends are supportive, and my mentee and I are closer than ever.

Matt Damon and Ben Afleck star in their own breakthrough roles as best friends closer than even blood brothers.

In terms of pacing, McDonagh is closer to fellow Brit comedy director Edgar Wright than the Coen Brothers.

Romance, Amer - indie style: nothing gets close to Hong's barb than perhaps the Duplass brothers» Cyrus, in which a schlub's implausibly requited love by a single mother is undermined, nay utterly thwarted, by the schemings of her 21 - year - old son Cyrus, an oversized manchild with a keyboard fetish and a considerable gift for co-dependent-some-more behavior.

Repeatedly unable to capture the larger Golf GTI's effervescence, the new Polo GTI has been redesigned from the ground up to achieve this goal, and is closer than ever to its talented bigger brother.

That was when I felt closest to my brother, closer than I'd felt since his death.

Indeed, the fairly thick border around even the smaller 7 - inch screen brings it closer to the full - sized iPad in design than its miniature brother.

That is why I try to keep in mind the famous line from Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov that is also so close to what Levinas writes and which seems to me a good model to emulate, a proposition that we should all make our own: «we are all responsible for everyone else — but I am more responsible than all the others.»

More than half of SMEs (56 %) say they have felt no impact on levels of business from the UK's decision to leave the EU, according to the Close Brothers Business Barometer, a quarterly survey of UK SME owners and senior management across a range of sectors and regions.

There was a degree of variation within Close Brothers Asset Finance's key sectors, with some expecting to see more of an impact than others.

Rather than having to cram Messenger full of ads or convince you to buy Sticker packs, it just has to tie people closer to its big brother Facebook where lucrative mobile ads earn enough money to provide for the whole family.

If two half - brothers grow up together, are close to the same age, and are best friends, they might be closer than full - blooded siblings who are years apart in age.

Its really hard to discuss this anywhere without hearing «Oh your just trying to turn him against his mother» I know that happens alot and i know men and women are both guilty of it but in fact i had never heard of the term «parental alienation syndrome» until a couple days ago, i was actually starting to think based on everyones reaction when i brought up my feelings that it was all in my head and even my son told me i was dillusional right before he stopped talking to me and cut all contact.His mother moved him away to another state when he was 4 basically without more than a few days noticed after i had relocated closer to him to spend more time together, there was no history of abuse and i was paying support so that was a red flag anyway but hes 29 now and i feel like ive pretty much lost him forever.im in another location i moved to be able to see him more after my parents died in 2008 (about a month apart) but that has turned into a disaster since he no longer wants contact.He has a half brother here by myself and my present wife but my youngest son is mentally disabled and unable to take care of himself, myself and my 2 sons are all that is left of my family i have no other relatives anymore and i feel horrible for anyone else who has to go through this.

Believe it or not, that old place is MUCH closer to Kev's parents and brother's than our current house is.