4 Unfaithful creatures! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
16 But Ruth said, "Entreat me not to leave you or to return from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;
17 where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the LORD do so to me and more also if even death parts me from you."
1 When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to 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 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up.
10 love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honor.
20 He who walks with wise men becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
12 that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
33 Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals."
33 Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals."
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12 No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
9 He who forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.
28 A perverse man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
9 Oil and perfume make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.
10 Your friend, and your father's friend, do not forsake; and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up.
3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
24 There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
24 There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
7 Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God.
15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
9 Oil and perfume make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.
10 Your friend, and your father's friend, do not forsake; and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
21 And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also.
5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,
25 lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
14 "He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
12 And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
1 A Song of Ascents.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
1 A Song of Ascents.
2 Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
3 It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down upon the beard, upon the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes! [ (Psalms 133:4) It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life for evermore. ]
17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
1 And David said, "Is there still any one left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?"
6 Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
19 Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself."