Choosing Your Friends Carefully

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

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

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

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

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →

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

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them.

I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers. — read the full passage →

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

Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden. — read the full passage →

A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man: — read the full passage →

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

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals. — read the full passage →

And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Servants, bein subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. — read the full passage →

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision:

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.

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

A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might.

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.

Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.

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

For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; — read the full passage →

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.

For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

He that spareth his words hath knowledge; And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding. — read the full passage →

A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of menis tothe diligent.

Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

And he deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by reason of the signs which it was given him to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who hath the stroke of the sword and lived.

And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. — read the full passage →

For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error; — read the full passage →

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

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.

Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.

O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. — read the full passage →

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

Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

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

At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire. — read the full passage →

As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him. — read the full passage →

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for Jehovah hath sent me as far as Beth-el. And Elisha said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el.

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 →

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 →

And a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars; — read the full passage →

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

These things have I written unto you concerning them that would lead you astray.

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. — read the full passage →

And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, — read the full passage →

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →

And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God. — read the full passage →