They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live.
In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house,
You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the Lord , saying, ‘The Lord is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.’ ” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.
Therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them at any time, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and leave it to your children as an everlasting inheritance.’
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered,
The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.
For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence.
An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers.
Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.
I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.
The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.
For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail.
They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way in a manner that honors God.
Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the Lord : twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the temple of the Lord .
The son of Aaron who offers the blood and the fat of the fellowship offering shall have the right thigh as his share.
or the one who hears it may shame you and the charge against you will stand.
