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.
24 There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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.
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.
9 Oil and perfume make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.
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.
7 Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God.
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?"
13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his 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.
17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
19 Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
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.
12 And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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.
14 "He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
24 There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
1 A Song of Ascents.
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.
3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
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.
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. ]
6 Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
21 And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
33 Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals."
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.