Abandoning Friends

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him: — read the full passage →

Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.

Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended in me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. — read the full passage →

The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.

When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.

but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account.

And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and give him no greeting: — read the full passage →

How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray? — read the full passage →

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. — read the full passage →

While he yet spake, behold, a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them; and he drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. — read the full passage →

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, but they are gone.

That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.

He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me. — read the full passage →

Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. — read the full passage →

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners? — read the full passage →

But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.

But all this is come to pass, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him, and fled.

He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me. — read the full passage →

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →

To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.

All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.

Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →

And they seized him, and led himaway, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed afar off. — read the full passage →

Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. — read the full passage →

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. — read the full passage →

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →

And Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. — read the full passage →

Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God. — read the full passage →

Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me cast out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye. — read the full passage →

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; — read the full passage →

A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing. — read the full passage →

And Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. — read the full passage →

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful. — read the full passage →

But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. — read the full passage →

And Jesus said unto him, Friend, do that for which thou art come. Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. — read the full passage →

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, Long live the king, Long live the king. — read the full passage →

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →

that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh. — read the full passage →

But Peter answered and said unto him, If all shall be offended in thee, I will never be offended.

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders. — read the full passage →

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. — read the full passage →

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have compassion upon his afflicted. — read the full passage →

Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect; — read the full passage →

for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father. — read the full passage →

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not. — read the full passage →

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

He that loveth pureness of heart, Forthe grace of his lips the king will be his friend. — read the full passage →

My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not. — read the full passage →

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Give thanks unto him, and bless his name. — read the full passage →

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, evenJesus; — read the full passage →

not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. — read the full passage →

Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor’s good.

If then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life, do ye set them to judge who are of no account in the church? — read the full passage →

And Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: — read the full passage →

And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how that he said unto him, Before the cock crow this day thou shalt deny me thrice. — read the full passage →

And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? — read the full passage →

Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the gospel’s sake, — read the full passage →