Good Friends

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

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

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

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

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

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

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

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

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

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.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

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.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

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

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

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. — read the full passage →

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Open rebuke is better than secret love. — read the full passage →

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

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

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: — read the full passage →

And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

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

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

These things I command you, that ye love one another.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

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: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, — read the full passage →

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. — read the full passage →

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. — read the full passage →

But Job answered and said, — read the full passage →

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. — read the full passage →

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. — read the full passage →

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. — 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. — read the full passage →

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! — read the full passage →

My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

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

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; — read the full passage →

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

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

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

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

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.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

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.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. — read the full passage →

Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. — read the full passage →

And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. — read the full passage →

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.