Best Friends

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

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

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

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

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

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!

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

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, — read the full passage →

The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

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

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend--from counsel of the soul.

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins; — read the full passage →

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

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

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.

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

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

Better <FI>is<Fi> open reproof than hidden love. — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.

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

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

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

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

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

for I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, that ye may be established; — read the full passage →

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works, — read the full passage →

and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place--Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite--and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him;

and this <FI>is<Fi> the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him--to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.

And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

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

Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace <FI>are<Fi> his lips, a king <FI>is<Fi> his friend.

God--causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only--the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people <FI>is<Fi> my people, and thy God my God.

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another; — read the full passage →

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

Mighty <FI>is<Fi> the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, — read the full passage →

A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.

and Elijah saith unto Elisha, `Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me unto Beth-El;' and Elisha saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;' and they go down to Beth-El.

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.

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart.

Better <FI>is<Fi> a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah hath turned <FI>to<Fi> the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends, and Jehovah doth add <FI>to<Fi> all that Job hath--to double.

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

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

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

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Better <FI>is<Fi> open reproof than hidden love.

A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors.

For an abomination to Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the perverted, And with the upright <FI>is<Fi> His secret counsel.

Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.

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 →

As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.

My interpreter <FI>is<Fi> my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped: — read the full passage →

And Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses face unto face, as a man speaketh unto his friend; and he hath turned back unto the camp, and his minister Joshua, son of Nun, a youth, departeth not out of the tent.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

to Timotheus, beloved child: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord! — read the full passage →

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

for where there are two or three gathered together--to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated <FI>with<Fi> thee, and have hated thee.

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

For <FI>an object of<Fi> desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth. — read the full passage →

Without counsel <FI>is<Fi> the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent <FI>is<Fi> easy. — read the full passage →

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

My interpreter <FI>is<Fi> my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped:

And it cometh to pass, David hath come unto the top, where he boweth himself to God, and lo, to meet him <FI>is<Fi> Hushai the Archite, his coat rent, and earth on his head; — read the full passage →

and David saith, `I do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash, as his father did with me kindness;' and David sendeth to comfort him by the hand of his servants concerning his father, and the servants of David come in to the land of the Bene-Ammon.

I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!

dwell with me; fear not; for he who seeketh my life seeketh thy life; for a charge <FI>art<Fi> thou with me.'

and Jonathan saith to David, `Go in peace, in that we have sworn--we two--in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah is between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed--unto the age;' and he riseth and goeth; and Jonathan hath gone in to the city.

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

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 →

And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people <FI>is<Fi> my people, and thy God my God. — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

for if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in his life.

Wisdom hath builded her house, She hath hewn out her pillars--seven. — read the full passage →