Restoring Friendship

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

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

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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

but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

A perverse man scattereth abroad 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 a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful 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 ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

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

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins: — read the full passage →

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

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 a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

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

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord 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, and hath not another to lift him up.

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

But know this, that in the last days grievous 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 him to show unto his servants, even the 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, even as I have loved you.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

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

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

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

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

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

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

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

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

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and 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.

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

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

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

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

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;

For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: 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 labor. — read the full passage →

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing 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 know 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 begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome 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 →

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

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

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

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

Behold, Jehovah 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 up for it; — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

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

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

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

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

Whom have I in heavenbut thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

My little children, guard yourselves from idols.

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

and on my behalf, that utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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

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

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; 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 everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.

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

to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

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

And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall never be unto thee.

My friends scoff at 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’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither. — read the full passage →

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

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

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, evenJesus; — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling: