Good Friends

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

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

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

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain <FI>is<Fi> , but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.

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

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

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

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

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

and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light--we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

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

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; — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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 →

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

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;

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

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

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

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

salute one another in a holy kiss; the assemblies of Christ do salute you.

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

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

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.

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

and you, the anointing that ye did receive from him, in you it doth remain, and ye have no need that any one may teach you, but as the same anointing doth teach you concerning all, and is true, and is not a lie, and even as was taught you, ye shall remain in 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 may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works, — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

`These things I command you, that ye love one another;

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

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

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;

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;

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

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize than John, — read the full passage →

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

Of man <FI>are<Fi> arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue. — read the full passage →

And Job answereth and saith: -- — read the full passage →

if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;

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

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .

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

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,

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

every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;

Jesus saith to her, `Woman, believe me, that there doth come an hour, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father; — 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! — read the full passage →

And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.

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

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

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

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,

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 →

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

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,

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

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 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 on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb, — 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. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

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

and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

and these have been written that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.'

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.

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

Better <FI>is<Fi> an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

not having my righteousness, which <FI>is<Fi> of law, but that which <FI>is<Fi> through faith of Christ--the righteousness that is of God by the faith,

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;

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

and Peter having stood up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and declared to them, `Men, Jews! and all those dwelling in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and harken to my sayings,

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

And, lo, two of them were going on during that day to a village, distant sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, the name of which <FI>is<Fi> Emmaus, — read the full passage →

And the feast of the unleavened food was coming nigh, that is called Passover, — read the full passage →

And having said these things, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

`And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone 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 out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'