Time For Friends

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

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful 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 perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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:

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

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even 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, and hath not another to lift him up.

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

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

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

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

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor 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, even as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

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

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village 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 on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And he saith 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 labor. — read the full passage →

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.

A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might.

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 cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

My friends scoff at 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; and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for Jehovah hath sent me as far as Beth-el. And Elisha said, As Jehovah 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 also ought to love one another.

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

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

and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.

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

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

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

Rejoice with them that rejoice; 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 →

No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from 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: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

And he 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 →

Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor 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 a man prevail against him that is alone, 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 labor.

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

He that loveth pureness of heart, Forthe grace of his lips the king will 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 a house full of feasting 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 the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed onhisfaithfulness.

As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent; — read the full passage →

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

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

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