“A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly; and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” Prov. 18:24
“Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go. Let thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.” Prov. 22:24-25
“Open rebuke is better than secret love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” Prov. 27:5-6
“The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.” Prov. 12:26
“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” Prov. 17:17
“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.” Prov. 13:20
“Iron sharpeth iron; so a man sharpeneth the coutenance of his friend.” Prov. 27:17
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth; but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.” John 15:12-15
“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoseover therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.” James 4:4
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For it they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.” Ecc. 4:9-10
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