But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him-a threefold cord is not quickly broken. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. Love one another with brotherly affection. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire he breaks out against all sound judgment.Ī man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.įor where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” And they raised their voices and wept, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven. And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him. Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house. It does not insist on its own way it is not irritable or resentful …īeloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.Īnd the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”-and he was called a friend of God.Īs soon as 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. Love is patient and kind love does not envy or boast it is not arrogant or rude. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. Faithful are the wounds of a friend profuse are the kisses of an enemy. Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.īetter is open rebuke than hidden love. For there the Lord bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.
It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron’s beard, down on the collar of his robe.
How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.’ No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You are my friends if you do what I command you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Here are 35 Wonderful Bible Verses on Friendship. It is much more than just knowing someone or attending the same church. So it is important to know what the Bible says about friendship. You are known by your love for the brethren.
You are known as His disciples by how you treat Jesus’ other friends – the church. Given this, friendship is an important thing according to the Bible. There is nothing about you He does not know. He holds everything together with His power. Jesus is the Eternal God of Heaven and Earth.
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