Losing Friends

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. — read the full passage →

If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. — read the full passage →

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy? — read the full passage →

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

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

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace. — read the full passage →

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger: — read the full passage →

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. — read the full passage →

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife. — read the full passage →

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

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

Better is open rebuke than hidden love. — read the full passage →

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil. — read the full passage →

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

Ruth said, “Don’t entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God; — read the full passage →

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

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Elijah said to Elisha, “Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel.” Elisha said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

When he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. — read the full passage →

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered him, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

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

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!” — read the full passage →

you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’This is the first commandment. — read the full passage →

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might. — read the full passage →

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha. — read the full passage →

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →

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

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →