Time For Friends

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

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

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

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.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

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

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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

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

And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Beth–el. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth–el.

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

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

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

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

And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

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

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

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

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. — read the full passage →

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →

Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

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

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. — read the full passage →

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. — read the full passage →

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

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; — read the full passage →

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.