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2007-11-10 09:00:42 · 6 answers · asked by Patrick 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There are several verses that show having friends in a positive light.
*A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17
*Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel. Proverbs 27:9
*If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Ecclesiastes 4:10
There are also verses on choosing the right type of friends and how friends can betray you.
*Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared. Proverbs 22:24
*A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. Proverbs 12:26
*Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. Psalm 41:9
*You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. James 4:4
*You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. Luke 21:16
The one friend who is unwavering and will not betray us is Jesus Christ. *Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13* The greatest love, the greatest gift, and the greatest friend we have is in Jesus!
2007-11-14 07:05:08 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looking up scriptures in my copy of the Bible, I have found:
1. Proverbs 14:20.
2. Proverbs 18:24.
3. Micah 7:9.
4. Matthew 11:19.
5. Luke 16:9.
6. John 15: 13,14.
7. John 19:12.
8. James 2:23.
9. James 4:4.
Please feel free to look the scriptures up in your copy of the Bible.
Happy reading!
2007-11-10 22:36:09 · answer #2 · answered by CRONKERS 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Besides the one Sharon quoted, there are several more. Proverbs 17:17 is one. A couple of ideas: first, if you have a concordance, look up the word "friend". You may be pleasantly surprized how many references there are. Also, try this website:
www.blueletterbible.org
and search for the word friend* (the asterisk is a wildcard and will pick up more words than just "friend").
But remember that Jesus Christ wants to be your best friend ever and I hope you will ask Him to do just that.
2007-11-10 09:10:21 · answer #3 · answered by Brother Jonathan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No greater love has a man than he would lay down his life for his friend. I would look up the address but I just checked the clock and I have to start dinner. But it's a saying of Jesus so it's in one of the Gospels.
2007-11-10 09:04:03 · answer #4 · answered by Sharon M 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Proverbs 18:24:"There exist companions disposed to break one another to pieces, but there exists a friend sticking closer than a brother."
James 2:23:"Abraham put faith in Jehovah, and it was counted to him as righteousness," and he came to be called "Jehovah's friend."
2007-11-10 09:17:54 · answer #5 · answered by tirshatha2001 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Iron shapeneth iron;so also a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
2007-11-10 09:07:28 · answer #6 · answered by Maurice H 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋