Bible verses about "friendship" | LEB

²⁴ Do not befriend an owner* of _⌊anger_⌋,* and with a man of wrath you shall not associate; ²⁵ lest you learn his way and become entangled in a snare to yourself.* ²⁶ Do not be with those who _⌊give a pledge_⌋* _⌊by becoming_⌋* surety. ²⁷ If there is nothing for you to pay,* why will he take your bed from under you?

⁹ He who forgives an affront fosters love, but he who waits on a matter will alienate a friend.

¹² This is my commandment: that you love one another just as I have loved you. ¹³ No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴ You are my friends if you do what I command you.

¹² that is, to be encouraged together with you through _⌊our mutual faith_⌋*, both yours and mine.

⁸ Above all, keep* your love for one another constant, because love covers a large number of sins. ⁹ Be hospitable to one another without complaining. ¹⁰ Just as each one has received a gift, use it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

²⁴ And let us think about _⌊how to stir one another up to love_⌋* and good works, ²⁵ not abandoning _⌊our meeting together_⌋*, as is the habit of some, but encouraging each other, and by so much more as you see the day drawing near.

¹⁴ "Loyal love* should come for the afflicted from his friend, even if* he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.

⁹ Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend is _⌊personal advice_⌋.*

⁶ The wounds of a friend mean well, but the kisses of an enemy are profane.

³³ Do not be deceived! "Bad company corrupts good morals."*

¹⁷ As iron sharpens* iron, so _⌊one man sharpens another_⌋.*

¹⁷ The friend loves at all times*, but a brother is born for adversity.

¹¹ Therefore encourage one another and build up _⌊each other_⌋*, just as indeed you are doing.

¹³ No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends.

⁹ Two are better than the one, for they enjoy a better reward for their toil. ¹⁰ For if one falls, his companion may help him up. But pity the one who falls and there is _⌊no one_⌋* to help him up. ¹¹ Also if two lie together, _⌊they can keep each other warm_⌋.* But how can one person be warm? ¹² _⌊Although an assailant may overpower one person, two may withstand him_⌋.* A threefold cord _⌊is not easily broken_⌋!*

²⁴ A man of many friends will come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.