16 Ruth said, "Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God. 17 Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May The LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me."
4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
1 When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 Saul took him that day, and wouldn’t let him go home to his father’s house any more. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.
10 In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;
24 A man of many companions may be ruined,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
24 A man of many companions may be ruined,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
20 One who walks with wise men grows wise,
but a companion of fools suffers harm.
17 Iron sharpens iron;
so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
17 Iron sharpens iron;
so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established; 12 that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.
9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;
so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
33 Don’t be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
33 Don’t be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
9 He who covers an offense promotes love;
but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
28 A perverse man stirs up strife.
A whisperer separates close friends.
7 Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.
1 David said, "Is there yet any who is left of Saul’s house, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?"
13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
5 Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6 The wounds of a friend are faithful,
although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
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.
19 ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’"
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 who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.
12 If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
6 God sets the lonely in families.
He brings out the prisoners with singing,
but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
1 See how good and how pleasant it is
for brothers to live together in unity!
9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;
so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
10 Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything 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 See how good and how pleasant it is
for brothers to live together in unity!
2 It is like the precious oil on the head,
that ran down on the beard,
even Aaron’s beard,
that came down on the edge of his robes,
3 like the dew of Hermon,
that comes down on the hills of Zion;
for there the LORD gives the blessing,
even life forever more.
14 "To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend;
even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
24 Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man,
and don’t associate with one who harbors anger:
25 lest you learn his ways,
and ensnare your soul.
21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
10 Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.