Helping Friends

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him?

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!

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

Whoso is lending <FI>to<Fi> Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

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

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

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

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

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

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

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

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

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

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

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

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort, — read the full passage →

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

sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy; — read the full passage →

The good of eye--he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

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

`When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother; — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

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

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

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

to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

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

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel--I forsake them not.

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

What <FI>is<Fi> the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? — read the full passage →

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

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 →

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand <FI>is<Fi> toward God to do <FI>it<Fi> .

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — 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.

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

to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

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

because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?' — read the full passage →

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

`Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee? — read the full passage →

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

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

infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out--freely ye did receive, freely give.

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;

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

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

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.

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.

A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.

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

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

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

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

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

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us; — read the full passage →

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;

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

And the hands of Moses <FI>are<Fi> heavy, and they take a stone, and set <FI>it<Fi> under him, and he sitteth on it: and Aaron and Hur have taken hold on his hands, on this side one, and on that one, and his hands are stedfast till the going in of the sun;

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.

Without counsel <FI>is<Fi> the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

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 if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common. — read the full passage →

sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

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 →

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 →

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

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

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

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;

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, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

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

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;'

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me; — read the full passage →

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

And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

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.

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

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.