- Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
- One who forgives an affront fosters friendship,
but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend. - Some friends play at friendship
but a true friend sticks closer than one's nearest kin. - Do not envy the violent
and do not choose any of their ways;
for the perverse are an abomination to the Lord,
but the upright are in his confidence. - A friend loves at all times,
and kinsfolk are born to share adversity. - No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.
- For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help.
- A perverse person spreads strife,
and a whisperer separates close friends. - How very good and pleasant it is
when kindred live together in unity! - Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
- And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
- Iron sharpens iron,
and one person sharpens the wits of another. - For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.
- Those who withhold kindness from a friend
forsake the fear of the Almighty. - The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also.
- Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
- Do not be deceived:
“Bad company ruins good morals.” - Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;
do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is nearby
than kindred who are far away. - For I am longing to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— or rather so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
- God gives the desolate a home to live in;
he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious live in a parched land.
On God rests my deliverance and my honor;
my mighty rock, my refuge is in God.