⁴ You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

¹⁰ For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.

¹⁰ In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

²⁴ A man of many companions may be ruined, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

²⁰ One who walks with wise men grows wise, But a companion of fools suffers harm.

¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron; So a man sharpens his friend's countenance.

¹¹ For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

¹² that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

¹³ Now I don't desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

⁹ Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; So does earnest counsel from a man's friend.

³³ Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."

¹¹ Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

¹² No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

¹³ By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

⁹ He who covers an offense promotes love; But he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

²⁸ A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

⁷ Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.

¹ David said, Is there yet any who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?

¹³ Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

⁹ Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; So does earnest counsel from a man's friend.

¹⁰ Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: Better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

¹¹ Be wise, my son, And bring joy to my heart, Then I can answer my tormentor.

¹⁷ A friend loves at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

⁵ Better is open rebuke Than hidden love.

⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend; Although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

⁷ A full soul loathes a honeycomb; But to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

¹⁹ 'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

¹⁰ For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.

¹¹ Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?

¹² If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

¹⁵ No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

¹⁴ "To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; Even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

²⁴ Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, And don't associate with one who harbors anger:

²⁵ Lest you learn his ways, And ensnare your soul.

²⁶ Don't you be one of those who strike hands, Of those who are collateral for debts.

¹ > See how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to live together in unity!

¹⁰ Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: Better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

¹ > See how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to live together in unity!

² It is like the precious oil on the head, That ran down on the beard, Even Aaron's beard; That came down on the edge of his robes;

³ Like the dew of Hermon, That comes down on the hills of Zion: For there Yahweh gives the blessing, Even life forevermore.

¹² "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

⁶ God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, But the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

²¹ This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.