A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a difficult time.

A man with many friends may be harmed,
but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

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No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends.

Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts. For if either falls, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him up. Also, if two lie down together, they can keep warm; but how can one person alone keep warm?

I do not call you slaves anymore, because a slave doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from My Father.

Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.

When David had finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan committed himself to David, and loved him as much as he loved himself. Saul kept David with him from that day on and did not let him return to his father’s house. Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as much as himself.

The wounds of a friend are trustworthy,
but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.

and Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the Lord is sending me on to Bethel.”

But Elisha replied, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call understanding your relative.

Oil and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.

But Ruth replied:

Do not persuade me to leave you
or go back and not follow you.
For wherever you go, I will go,
and wherever you live, I will live;
your people will be my people,
and your God will be my God.

A righteous man is careful in dealing with his neighbor,
but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.