4 Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; 17 where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
20 Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise;
But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
10 In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
33 Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
33 Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
24 He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction;
But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
24 He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction;
But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;
So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.
11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; 12 that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.
1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?
17 Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;
So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
28 A perverse man scattereth abroad strife;
And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
17 A friend loveth at all times;
And a brother is born for adversity.
17 A friend loveth at all times;
And a brother is born for adversity.
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;
But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
19 Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
15 No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you.
24 Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger;
And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
25 Lest thou learn his ways,
And get a snare to thy soul.
1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brethren to dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the precious oil upon the head,
That ran down upon the beard,
Even Aaron’s beard;
That came down upon the skirt of his garments;
3 Like the dew of Hermon,
That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion:
For there Jehovah commanded the blessing,
Even life for evermore.
5 Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.
12 And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
14 To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend;
Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brethren to dwell together in unity!
21 And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
6 God setteth the solitary in families:
He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity;
But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.