True Friendship
Proverbs 18:24
24 A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.Proverbs 22:24–25
24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,
25 lest you learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.Proverbs 13:20
20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.Proverbs 17:17
17 A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.Proverbs 27:10
10 Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.Proverbs 27:17
17 Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.Proverbs 17:9
9 Whoever covers an offense seeks love,
but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.Proverbs 27:6
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.Proverbs 29:5
5 A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.Proverbs 28:23
23 Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
than he who flatters with his tongue.Proverbs 24:17–18
17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
18 lest the LORD see it and be displeased,
and turn away his anger from him.Proverbs 25:21–22
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
22 for you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the LORD will reward you.Proverbs 16:7
7 When a man’s ways please the LORD,
he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.The Holy Bible, English Standard Version copyright (c)2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. http://www.esv.org