Friends

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

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

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

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

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

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works, — 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 →

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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;

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.

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

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

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 →

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.

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;

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

As <FI>in<Fi> water the face <FI>is<Fi> to face, So the heart of man to man.

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.

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

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

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

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 →

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

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

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

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 →

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

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

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

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.

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

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;

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

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

Where thou diest I die, and there I am buried; thus doth Jehovah to me, and thus doth He add--for death itself doth part between me and thee.'

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

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

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

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

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

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; — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

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;

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.

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.

When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.

Do two walk together if they have not met?

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!

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

I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you, — 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

But thou, a man--as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance.

He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself so to walk.

Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.

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

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.

Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

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

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

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 →

Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

`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;

A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, <FI>Is<Fi> the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →