24 A man of many companions may be ruined,

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

24 A man of many companions may be ruined,

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 an offense promotes love;

but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

17 Iron sharpens iron;

so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

17 Iron sharpens iron;

so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;

so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;

so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

10 Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.

Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.

A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.

10 Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.

Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.

A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.

5 Better is open rebuke

than hidden love.

6 The wounds of a friend are faithful,

although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

20 One who walks with wise men grows wise,

but a companion of fools suffers harm.

28 A perverse man stirs up strife.

A whisperer separates close friends.

24 Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man,

and don’t associate with one who harbors anger:

25 lest you learn his ways,

and ensnare your soul.

13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

10 In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;

11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established; 12 that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

7 Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

11 Beloved, 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 remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

1 When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 Saul took him that day, and wouldn’t let him go home to his father’s house any more. 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.

1 David said, "Is there yet any who is left of Saul’s house, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?"

16 Ruth said, "Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God. 17 Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May The LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me."

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

14 "To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend;

even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.

10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.

12 If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

1 See how good and how pleasant it is

for brothers to live together in unity!

1 See how good and how pleasant it is

for brothers to live together in unity!

2 It is like the precious oil on the head,

that ran down on the beard,

even Aaron’s beard,

that came down on the edge of his robes,

3 like the dew of Hermon,

that comes down on the hills of Zion;

for there the LORD gives the blessing,

even life forever more.

6 God sets the lonely in families.

He brings out the prisoners with singing,

but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

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

33 Don’t be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."

33 Don’t be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."