Losing Friends

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

They cried, and Jehovah heard, And from all their distresses delivered them. — read the full passage →

if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you; — read the full passage →

Fury <FI>is<Fi> fierce, and anger <FI>is<Fi> overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy? — read the full passage →

and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

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

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;

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day; — read the full passage →

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

See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

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

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing--the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth--

teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days--till the full end of the age.'

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

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

Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

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

`Happy the mourning--because they shall be comforted.

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

With the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shame--reproach. — read the full passage →

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

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

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

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

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

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

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

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

By David, in his changing his behaviour before Abimelech, and he driveth him away, and he goeth. I do bless Jehovah at all times, Continually His praise <FI>is<Fi> in my mouth. — 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 →

Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive,

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

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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

Better <FI>is<Fi> open reproof than hidden love. — read the full passage →

A man there hath been in the land of Uz--Job his name--and that man hath been perfect and upright--both fearing God, and turning aside from evil. — 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 →

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 →

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

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

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 God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

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;

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

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion <FI>is<Fi> God to the age.

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

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 →

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

Jesus answered and said to him, `That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;'

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.

He hath swallowed up death in victory, And wiped hath the Lord Jehovah, The tear from off all faces, And the reproach of His people He turneth aside from off all the earth, For Jehovah hath spoken.

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

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.

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

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

Mighty <FI>is<Fi> the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,

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

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

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.

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

and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

who is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God;

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.

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.

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

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

Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

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

and when this corruptible may have put on incorruption, and this mortal may have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the word that hath been written, `The Death was swallowed up--to victory;

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

And as he is going forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, `Teacher, see! what stones! and what buildings!' — read the full passage →

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength--this <FI>is<Fi> the first command; — read the full passage →

A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

Why <FI>is<Fi> this--a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?

This <FI>is<Fi> my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.

To the Overseer with stringed instruments. --An instruction, by David, in the coming in of the Ziphim, and they say to Saul, `Is not David hiding himself with us?' O God, by Thy name save me, and by Thy might judge me. — read the full passage →

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

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

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

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

And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister-- — read the full passage →

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?' — 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 →

For--a moment <FI>is<Fi> in His anger, Life <FI>is<Fi> in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.

but this thou hast, that thou dost hate the works of the Nicolaitans, that I also hate.

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope, — read the full passage →