True Friends

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

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

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

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

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

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

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. — read the full passage →

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and <FI>in<Fi> the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors.

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

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.

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.

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

Without counsel <FI>is<Fi> the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

for God is not <FI>a God<Fi> of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

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

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Jehovah doth answer thee, In a day of adversity, The name of the God of Jacob doth set thee on high, — read the full passage →

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

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

Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise <FI>is<Fi> comely. — read the full passage →

Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.

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.

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. — read the full passage →

The soul that doth sin--it doth die. A son doth not bear of the iniquity of the father, And a father doth not bear of the iniquity of the son, The righteousness of the righteous is on him, And the wickedness of the wicked is on him.

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

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

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

Seeing, then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he himself also in like manner did take part of the same, that through death he might destroy him having the power of death--that is, the devil--

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

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

`And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death;

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.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, — read the full passage →

`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;

`And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;

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

and I will give to My two witnesses, and they shall prophesy days, a thousand, two hundred, sixty, arrayed with sackcloth;

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

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

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

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;

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.

Then, therefore, he delivered him up to them, that he may be crucified, and they took Jesus and led <FI>him<Fi> away,

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.

Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming--I am;'

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!

Who went up to heaven, and cometh down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What <FI>is<Fi> His name? and what His son's name? Surely thou knowest!

This <FI>is<Fi> the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

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.

`The beast that thou didst see: it was, and it is not; and it is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go away to destruction, and wonder shall those dwelling upon the earth, whose names have not been written upon the scroll of the life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that was, and is not, although it is.

and the court that is without the sanctuary leave out, and thou mayest not measure it, because it was given to the nations, and the holy city they shall tread down forty-two months;

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

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

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

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. The heavens <FI>are<Fi> recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse <FI>is<Fi> declaring. — 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, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ. — read the full passage →

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another; — read the full passage →

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

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

And Job answereth and saith: -- — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul. — read the full passage →

`I, Jesus did send my messenger to testify to you these things concerning the assemblies; I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star!

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

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

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we--we shall be changed:

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

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

Do two walk together if they have not met?

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price.

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price. — read the full passage →

A companion I <FI>am<Fi> to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.

I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

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

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;

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

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

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

and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'

To the Overseer, `Concerning the Inheritances.' --A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

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

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ <FI>is<Fi> with your spirit! Amen.

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

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 →

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →