16 Ruth replied: »Do not ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
17 »Wherever you die, I will die. That is where I will be buried. May Jehovahs worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you!«
4 Adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity hatredhostility toward God? Whoever would be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
10 Be devoted to one another with brotherly love, in honor preferring one another.
17 Just as iron sharpens iron so one man sharpens another.
17 Just as iron sharpens iron so one man sharpens another.
33 Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good morals.
33 Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good morals.
28 A perverse man sows discord. A whisperer separates good friends.
13 »No man has greater love then this that a man lay down his life for his friends.
13 »No man has greater love then this that a man lay down his life for his friends.
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
12 One can be overpowered by another, two can withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
10 If they fall, the one will lift up his companion. Woe to him who is alone when he falls for he has no one to help him.
24 A man with friends must be friendly! A friend sticks closer than a brother.
24 A man with friends must be friendly! A friend sticks closer than a brother.
20 The one who walks with wise men will be wise. A companion of fools will be destroyed.
9 As oil and perfume delight the heart so the sweetness of a man's friend delights his heart.
9 He who covers a transgression seeks love but he who gossips breaks up friendships.
7 Beloved let us love one another, for love is from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
1 One day, David thought: »I wonder if any of Sauls family is still alive. If they are I will be kind to them. This is because I made a promise to Jonathan.«
9 As oil and perfume delight the heart so the sweetness of a man's friend delights his heart.
10 Do not forget your friends or your father's friends. If you are in trouble, do not ask a relative for help. A nearby neighbor can help you more than relatives who are far away.
17 A friend loves at all times. A true brother is born for adversity.
17 A friend loves at all times. A true brother is born for adversity.
9 Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor.
10 If they fall, the one will lift up his companion. Woe to him who is alone when he falls for he has no one to help him.
14 »A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes his reverence for the Almighty.
24 Do not befriend an angry man. Do not associate with a man who throws fits.
25 If you do you will learn his ways and you will become trapped.
6 God sets the lonely in families. He frees the prisoners who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
3 Jonathan made a covenant with David. He loved him as himself.
10 Do not forget your friends or your father's friends. If you are in trouble, do not ask a relative for help. A nearby neighbor can help you more than relatives who are far away.
1 David finished talking to Saul. Jonathan became Davids closest friend. He loved David as much as he loved himself.
2 Saul kept him with him that day and would not let him go home to his fathers house any more.
3 Jonathan made a covenant with David. He loved him as himself.
15 »I no longer call you servants for the servant does not know what the lord does. I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
12 »This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
9 Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor.
1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, coming down upon the beard, Aaron's beard, coming down upon the edge of his robes.
3 It is like the dew of Hermon coming down upon the mountains of Zion. For there Jehovah commanded the blessing. It is life forever.
11 I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift so that you may be strengthened,
12 that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each others faith.
11 Beloved, if God 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 lives with us, and his love is perfected accomplishedmatured through us.
19 »Honor your father and your mother, and Love your neighbor as yourself.«
21 We have this commandment from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also.
1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!