1 And it came to pass, when he had ended speaking to 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 not let him return to his father's house.
3 And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
24 A man of {many} friends will come to ruin but there is a friend {that} sticketh closer than a brother.
24 A man of {many} friends will come to ruin but there is a friend {that} sticketh closer than a brother.
4 Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be {the} friend of the world is constituted enemy of God.
16 And Ruth said, Do not intreat me to leave thee, 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 me and thee!
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and who hath not another to lift him up!
10 as to brotherly love, kindly affectioned towards one another: as to honour, each taking the lead in paying it to the other:
17 Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
17 Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
20 He that walketh with wise {men} becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.
11 For I greatly desire to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to establish you;
12 that is, to have mutual comfort among you, each by the faith {which is} in the other, both yours and mine.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is {the fruit} of hearty counsel.
33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
11 Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12 No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
9 He that covereth transgression seeketh love; but he that bringeth a matter up again separateth very friends.
28 A false man soweth contention; and a talebearer separateth very friends.
7 Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.
1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
13 No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.
13 No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is {the fruit} of hearty counsel.
10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
17 The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
17 The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
19 Honour thy father and thy mother, and Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and who hath not another to lift him up!
12 And if a {man} overpower the one, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
15 I call you no longer bondmen, for the bondman does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known to you.
14 For him that is fainting kindness {is meet} from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;
25 lest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul.
1 [A Song of degrees. Of David.] Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
2 Like the precious oil upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, upon Aaron's beard, that ran down to the hem of his garments;
3 As the dew of Hermon that descendeth on the mountains of Zion; for there hath Jehovah commanded the blessing, life for evermore.
12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.
21 And this commandment have we from him, That he that loves God love also his brother.
1 [A Song of degrees. Of David.] Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
6 God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched {land}.
9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
3 And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.