Abandoning Friends

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour 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, which 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 maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of 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 neighbour: 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 communications corrupt good manners.

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

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.

And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: — read the full passage →

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

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; 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 →

And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and 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, yet they are wanting to him.

That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.

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

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Many will intreat the favour of the prince: 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 Master with publicans and sinners? — read the full passage →

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

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

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

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

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →

To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he 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 the Lord your God.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, — 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; for he hath not another to help him up.

All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →

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

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. — read the full passage →

If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen 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 evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. — read the full passage →

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull 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 pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye. — read the full passage →

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

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 froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. — 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, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever 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 afraid. — read the full passage →

And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. — read the full passage →

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

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a 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, God save the king, God save the king. — read the full passage →

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

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →

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

And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose 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 they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. — read the full passage →

Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. — read the full passage →

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former 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 face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy 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 →

Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? — read the full passage →

For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. — read the full passage →

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

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

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall 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: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. — read the full passage →

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; — read the full passage →

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on 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 every man another’s wealth.

If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. — read the full passage →

Then 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 he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, 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 an hundred sheep, if he lose 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 →

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