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

⁶³ I am a friend of all those who fear you, Of those who observe your precepts.

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

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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

¹⁴ You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.

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.

¹⁶ You didn't choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

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

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.

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.

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.

⁶ Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, But who can find a faithful man?

¹⁶ By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

¹⁷ But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

¹⁸ My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

¹⁹ And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,

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

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

¹⁴ You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.

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

²³ and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God.

⁴ Wealth adds many friends, But the poor is separated from his friend.

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