Helping Friends

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

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.

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

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

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

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

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

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

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

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. — read the full passage →

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

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

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

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

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? — read the full passage →

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

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 →

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

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.

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

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

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

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? — read the full passage →

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? — read the full passage →

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

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

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

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

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

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

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

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

We love him, because he first loved us. — read the full passage →

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

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

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.

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

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:

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. — read the full passage →

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

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 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: — read the full passage →

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

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — 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 double minded.

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

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

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

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

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.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: — read the full passage →

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

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

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.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.