Amizade

24 A man whohas friends must himself be friendly,

*But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

24 A man whohas friends must himself be friendly,

*But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

17 *A friend loves at all times,

And a brother is born for adversity.

17 *A friend loves at all times,

And a brother is born for adversity.

9 *He who covers a transgression seeks love,

But *he who repeats a matter separates friends.

17 As iron sharpens iron,

So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

17 As iron sharpens iron,

So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

9 Ointment and perfume delight the heart,

And the sweetness of a man’s friend givesdelight by hearty counsel.

9 Ointment and perfume delight the heart,

And the sweetness of a man’s friend givesdelight by hearty counsel.

10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,

Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;

*Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,

Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;

*Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

5 *Open rebuke is better

Than love carefully concealed.

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend,

But the kisses of an enemy are*deceitful.

20 He who walks with wise men will be wise,

But the companion of fools will be destroyed.

28 A perverse man sows strife,

And *a whisperer separates the best of friends.

24 Make no friendship with an angry man,

And with a *furious man do not go,

25 Lest you learn his ways

And set a snare for your soul.

13 *Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.

13 *Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.

15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, *for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.

12 *This is My *commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

10 *Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, *in honor giving preference to one another;

11 For I long to see you, that *I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established— 12 that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by *the mutual faith both of you and me.

Knowing God Through Love

7 *Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who *loves is born of God and knows God.

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

Seeing God Through Love

12 *No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.

21 And *this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

Saul Resents David

1 Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, *the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, *and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 Saul took him that day, *and would not let him go home to his father’s house anymore. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a *covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

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

David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth

1 Now David said, "Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may *show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?"

16 But Ruth said:

*"Entreat me not to leave you,

Orto turn back from following after you;

For wherever you go, I will go;

And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;

*Your people shallbe my people,

And your God, my God.

17 Where you die, I will die,

And there will I be buried.

*The Lord do so to me, and more also,

If anythingbut death parts you and me."

23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, *"Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." And he was called *the friend of God.

14 "To* him who is afflicted, kindness shouldbeshown by his friend,

Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that *friendship with the world is enmity with God? *Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

The Value of a Friend

9 Two are better than one,

Because they have a good reward for their labor.

10 For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.

But woe to him whois alone when he falls,

For hehas no one to help him up.

10 For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.

But woe to him whois alone when he falls,

For hehas no one to help him up.

12 Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him.

And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

The Value of a Friend

9 Two are better than one,

Because they have a good reward for their labor.

Blessed Unity of the People of God

1 Behold, how good and how pleasant itis

For *brethren to dwell together in unity!

Blessed Unity of the People of God

1 Behold, how good and how pleasant itis

For *brethren to dwell together in unity!

2 Itis like the precious oil upon the head,

Running down on the beard,

The beard of Aaron,

Running down on the edge of his garments.

3 Itis like the dew of *Hermon,

Descending upon the mountains of Zion;

For *there the Lord commanded the blessing—

Life forevermore.

6 *God sets the solitary in families;

*He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;

But *the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

19 *‘Honor your father andyourmother,’ and, *‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’"

33 Do not be deceived: *"Evil company corrupts good habits."

33 Do not be deceived: *"Evil company corrupts good habits."