Amizade

24 A man of many friends will come to ruin,

but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

24 A man of many friends will come to ruin,

but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

17 The friend loves at all times*,

but a brother is born for adversity.

17 The friend loves at all times*,

but a brother is born for adversity.

9 He who forgives an affront fosters love,

but he who waits on a matter will alienate a friend.

17 As iron sharpens* iron,

so one man sharpens another.*

17 As iron sharpens* iron,

so one man sharpens another.*

9 Perfume and incense will gladden a heart,

and the pleasantness of one’s friend is personal advice.*

9 Perfume and incense will gladden a heart,

and the pleasantness of one’s friend is personal advice.*

10 As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake them,

and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity.

Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.

10 As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake them,

and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity.

Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.

5 Better a rebuke that is open

than a love that is hidden.

6 The wounds of a friend mean well,

but the kisses of an enemy are profane.

20 Walk with the wise and be wise,

but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.

28 A person of perversity will spread dissent,

and he who whispers separates a close friend.

24 Do not befriend an owner* of anger,*

and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;

25 lest you learn his way

and become entangled in a snare to yourself.*

13 No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends.

13 No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends.

15 No longer do I call you slaves, because the slave does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything that I have heard from my Father I have revealed to you.

12 This is my commandment: that you love one another just as I have loved you.

10 being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another more highly in honor,

11 For I desire to see you, in order that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, in order to strengthen you, 12 that is, to be encouraged together with you through our mutual faith*, both yours and mine.

God’s Love Revealed

7 Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.

11 Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us and his love is perfected in us.

21 And this is the commandment we have from him: that the one who loves God should love his brother also.

The Friendship of David and Jonathan

1 When* he finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan became attached to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 Saul took him on that very day and did not allow him to return to his father’s house. 3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

David Cares for Mephibosheth

1 Then David said, "Is there still anyone who is left for the house of Saul that I may show loyal love to him for the sake of Jonathan?"

16 But Ruth said, "Do not urge* me to leave you or to return from following you!* For where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people will be my people and your God will be my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. So may Yahweh do to me, and even more, unless* death separates you and me!"*

23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness,"* and he was called God’s friend.

14 "Loyal love* should come for the afflicted from his friend,

even if* he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.

4 Adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Friends and Family Can Help One Another in Life

9 Two are better than the one, for they enjoy a better reward for their toil. 10 For if one falls, his companion may help him up. But pity the one who falls and there is no one* to help him up.

10 For if one falls, his companion may help him up. But pity the one who falls and there is no one* to help him up.

12 Although an assailant may overpower one person, two may withstand him.* A threefold cord is not easily broken!*

Friends and Family Can Help One Another in Life

9 Two are better than the one, for they enjoy a better reward for their toil.

The People of God Dwell in Unity

1 Look, how good and how pleasant it is

when brothers dwell together in unity.

The People of God Dwell in Unity

1 Look, how good and how pleasant it is

when brothers dwell together in unity.

2 It is like the fragrant oil upon the head,

running down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron,

that runs down upon the edges of his robes.

3 It is like the dew of Hermon that runs down

upon the mountains of Zion,

because there Yahweh commanded the blessing—

life forever.

6 God settles the lonely in a home;

he brings prisoners out into prosperity.

But the rebellious abide in a barren land.

19 honor your* father and your* mother, and love your neighbor as yourself."

33 Do not be deceived! "Bad company corrupts good morals."*

33 Do not be deceived! "Bad company corrupts good morals."*