What Does The Bible Say About?

Friends

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Proverbs 18:24

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A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

John 15:13

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

Proverbs 27:17

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As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

Proverbs 17:17

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A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

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Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up! Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone? And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

1 Corinthians 15:33

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Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

1 Thessalonians 5:11

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Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

Proverbs 27:9

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Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.

Proverbs 27:6

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The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Job 6:14

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A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Proverbs 13:20

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He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Proverbs 16:28

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A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

Hebrews 10:24-25

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And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

1 Peter 4:8-10

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Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without complaining. As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

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Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!

Proverbs 22:24-25

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Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Proverbs 12:26

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A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.

Proverbs 17:9

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Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

Luke 6:31

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Do to others as you would have them do to you.

James 4:4

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You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

Romans 1:12

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that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.

Proverbs 27:5-6

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Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed. The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

John 15:12-14

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This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you.

Proverbs 22:24-27

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Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts. If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

1 John 4:7

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Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Proverbs 27:10

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Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. . . .

John 15:12-15

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This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

Job 2:11

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Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.

John 15:15

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No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

Psalm 41:9

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Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

1 Samuel 18:1-3

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After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself. And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

Proverbs 27:19

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As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.

2 Kings 2:2

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and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

Matthew 18:20

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For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

Proverbs 20:6

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Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?

Psalm 55:12-14

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For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide. But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend. We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

1 Samuel 22:23

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Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”

Proverbs 22:11

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He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.

Hebrews 13:5

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Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

Colossians 3:12-14

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Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

James 2:23

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And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.

Ruth 1:17

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Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

Ecclesiastes 4:12

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And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Proverbs 11:13

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A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

Psalm 133:1

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A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!

James 4:8

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Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Job 2:11-13

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Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him. When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head. Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.

Proverbs 24:5

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A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.

Romans 12:10

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Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

Romans 5:10

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For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!

Proverbs 19:20

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Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

John 15:13-15

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Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

Romans 12:10-11

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Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another. Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

Galatians 6:2

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Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Ruth 1:16-17

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But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

Exodus 33:11

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Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.

Romans 12:15

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Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

Amos 3:3

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Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?

Colossians 3:13

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Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

1 John 1:9

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If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

2 Samuel 10:2

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And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,

Proverbs 16:7

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When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.

1 Samuel 18:1

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After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

Philippians 1:3-4

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I thank my God every time I remember you. In every prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy,

Proverbs 25:17

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Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.

1 John 4:21

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And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

Job 19:13-22

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He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me. My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight. I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth. My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family. . . .

2 Samuel 15:32-37

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When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head. David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me. But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’ Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace. Indeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.” . . .

1 Samuel 20:17

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And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

1 Samuel 20:42

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And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.

Proverbs 14:6-7

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A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning. Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.

Ruth 1:16

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But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

2 Samuel 1:26

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I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.

Ecclesiastes 4:9

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

Proverbs 3:32

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for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

Psalm 73:25

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Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.

Proverbs 15:22

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Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

Psalm 55:13

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But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.

1 John 2:6

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Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

Micah 7:5

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Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

Revelation 1:1-20

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This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

Job 16:20

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My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.

Job 29:4

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when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

2 Timothy 4:16

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At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.

1 Samuel 18:1-4

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After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself. And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.

2 Timothy 1:2-4

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To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers. Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.

Ephesians 4:32

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Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

John 3:16

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 14:27

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Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.

2 Corinthians 6:14

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Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

1 John 3:7

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Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

Proverbs 18:1-24

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He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment. A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions. With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace. The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook. Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice. . . .

Proverbs 27:14

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If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.

Proverbs 25:19

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Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

Job 16:20-21

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My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God. Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!

Ephesians 4:1-6

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As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; . . .

Psalm 68:6

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God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

2 Samuel 9:1-13

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Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?” And there was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied. So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.” “Where is he?” replied the king. And Ziba said, “Indeed, he is in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.” So King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar. . . .

Job 6:15

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But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

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