Restoring Friendship

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

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

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

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

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

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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

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

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

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

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

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.

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

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

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

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

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

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. — read the full passage →

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. — read the full passage →

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

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

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:

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

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

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

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

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

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.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

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

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

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 →

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

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

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

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

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Pray without ceasing.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

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 →

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

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

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. — read the full passage →

That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. — read the full passage →

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

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.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

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

Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.

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

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. — read the full passage →

Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; — read the full passage →

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.