Making Friends

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 →

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

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

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

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

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

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.

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

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

If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, — read the full passage →

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. — read the full passage →

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. — read the full passage →

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.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

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.

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

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

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

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

Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

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

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.

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

Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger:

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person. — read the full passage →

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; — read the full passage →

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.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

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

He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.

My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.

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

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear. — read the full passage →

Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn’t depart from the Tent.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”

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.

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 →

“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God, — read the full passage →

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established; — read the full passage →

An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him. — read the full passage →

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

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

‘Honor your father and mother.’And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts. — read the full passage →

This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

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

For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.

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;

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his clothing, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his sash.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. — read the full passage →

Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

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.

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? — read the full passage →

as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was in my tent, — read the full passage →

but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need;

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God. — read the full passage →