At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

The two are better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up! Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?

no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul. And Saul taketh him on that day, and hath not permitted him to turn back to the house of his father. And Jonathan maketh -- also David -- a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

and Elijah saith unto Elisha, 'Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me unto Beth-El;' and Elisha saith, 'Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;' and they go down to Beth-El.

Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou art.' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!'

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.

And Ruth saith, 'Urge me not to leave thee -- to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people is my people, and thy God my God.

The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.