Time For Friends

A man with friends <FI>is<Fi> to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, — read the full passage →

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

To a despiser of his friends <FI>is<Fi> shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins; — read the full passage →

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend--from counsel of the soul.

Better <FI>is<Fi> open reproof than hidden love. — read the full passage →

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works, — read the full passage →

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister-- — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

and he said to them, `Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little,' for those coming and those going were many, and not even to eat had they opportunity,

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better <FI>is<Fi> a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

Mighty <FI>is<Fi> the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, — read the full passage →

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

My interpreter <FI>is<Fi> my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped: — read the full passage →

And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place--Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite--and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him;

and Elijah saith unto Elisha, `Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me unto Beth-El;' and Elisha saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;' and they go down to Beth-El.

and this <FI>is<Fi> the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him--to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.

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

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

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

no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends; — read the full passage →

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding-- — read the full passage →

honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.'

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace <FI>are<Fi> his lips, a king <FI>is<Fi> his friend.

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

Better <FI>is<Fi> a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife. — read the full passage →

Without oxen a stall <FI>is<Fi> clean, And great <FI>is<Fi> the increase by the power of the ox. — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

God--causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only--the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell <FI>in<Fi> the land, and enjoy faithfulness,

As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent. — read the full passage →

and Jonathan strippeth himself of the upper robe which <FI>is<Fi> upon him, and giveth it to David, and his long robe, even unto his sword, and unto his bow, and unto his girdle.

And Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses face unto face, as a man speaketh unto his friend; and he hath turned back unto the camp, and his minister Joshua, son of Nun, a youth, departeth not out of the tent.

And they hear the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the trees of the garden.