Abandoning Friends

A man with friends <FI>is<Fi> to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better <FI>is<Fi> a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear <FI>it<Fi> , He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him. — read the full passage →

Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.

then saith Jesus to them, `All ye shall be stumbled at me this night; for it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad; — read the full passage →

Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich <FI>are<Fi> many.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar friends have forgotten me,

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together;

in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)

and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him.

if any one doth come unto you, and this teaching doth not bear, receive him not into the house, and say not to him, `Hail!' — read the full passage →

`What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not--having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains--seek that which is gone astray? — read the full passage →

My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends; — read the full passage →

And while he is speaking, lo, a multitude, and he who is called Judas, one of the twelve, was coming before them, and he came nigh to Jesus to kiss him, — read the full passage →

All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words--they are not!

And they know that Thou--(Thy name <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah--by Thyself,) <FI>Art<Fi> the Most High over all the earth!

My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me. — read the full passage →

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts. — read the full passage →

and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, `Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?' — read the full passage →

`But I have against thee: That thy first love thou didst leave!

but all this hath come to pass, that the Writings of the prophets may be fulfilled;' then all the disciples, having left him, fled.

My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me. — read the full passage →

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him, — read the full passage →

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness? — read the full passage →

To a despiser of his friends <FI>is<Fi> shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

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

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, — read the full passage →

For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!

Abominate me do all the men of my counsel, And those I have loved, Have been turned against me.

and Jesus having taken up <FI>the word<Fi> , said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving <FI>him<Fi> half dead. — read the full passage →

And having taken him, they led and brought him to the house of the chief priest. And Peter was following afar off, — read the full passage →

But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss; — read the full passage →

if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not--but I chose out of the world--because of this the world hateth you. — read the full passage →

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God, — read the full passage →

Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God. — read the full passage →

to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

or how art thou able to say to thy brother, Brother, suffer, I may take out the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thine eye--thyself the beam in thine own eye not beholding? Hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to take out the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thy brother's eye. — read the full passage →

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

and whether one member doth suffer, suffer with <FI>it<Fi> do all the members, or one member is glorified, rejoice with <FI>it<Fi> do all the members;

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

and I say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles.

Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good. — read the full passage →

A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not. — read the full passage →

And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul. — read the full passage →

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;

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

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid; — read the full passage →

`And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death; — read the full passage →

and Jesus said to him, `Comrade, for what art thou present?' Then having come near, they laid hands on Jesus, and took hold on him. — read the full passage →

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

and it cometh to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, hath come unto Absalom, that Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Let the king live! let the king live!' — read the full passage →

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted; — read the full passage →

that to the nations the blessing of Abraham may come in Christ Jesus, that the promise of the Spirit we may receive through the faith.

and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the <FI>son<Fi> of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

`What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?

and they shall be--the two--for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh; — read the full passage →

And Peter answering said to him, `Even if all shall be stumbled at thee, I will never be stumbled.'

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

Each of his friend--beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk, — read the full passage →

For, lo, I am creating new heavens, and a new earth, And the former things are not remembered, Nor do they ascend on the heart. — read the full passage →

And kings have been thy nursing fathers, And their princesses thy nursing mothers; Face to the earth--they bow down to thee, And the dust of thy feet they lick up, And thou hast known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, That those expecting Me are not ashamed.

Sing, O heavens, and joy, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For comforted hath Jehovah His people, And His afflicted ones He doth pity. — read the full passage →

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

A son of twenty and five years hath Amaziah reigned, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother <FI>is<Fi> Jehoaddan of Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected? — read the full passage →

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

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him: — read the full passage →

the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'

Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace <FI>are<Fi> his lips, a king <FI>is<Fi> his friend. — read the full passage →

My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing. — read the full passage →

Enter ye His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise, Give ye thanks to Him, bless ye His Name. — read the full passage →

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him?

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same anxiety for one another, — read the full passage →

let no one seek his own--but each another's.

of the things of life, indeed, then, if ye may have judgment, those despised in the assembly--these cause ye to sit; — read the full passage →

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

And the Lord having turned did look on Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him--`Before a cock shall crow, thou mayest disown 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 out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it? — read the full passage →

And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news', — read the full passage →