Helping friends

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• 1 John 3:17

  But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

• Ecclesiastes 4:10

  For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

• Acts 20:35

  I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

• Proverbs 19:17

  He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

• John 15:13

  Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:11

  Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

• Proverbs 17:17

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

• Galatians 6:2

  Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

• 1 Corinthians 15:33

  Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

• Proverbs 27:17

  Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

• Proverbs 16:28

  A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

• Proverbs 18:24

  A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

• Proverbs 17:9

  He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

• Proverbs 27:9

  Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

• Proverbs 22:24–25

  Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

• John 15:12

  This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

• Luke 12:33–34

  Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

• 2 Corinthians 1:3–4

  Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

• Proverbs 13:20

  He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

• Proverbs 22:9

  He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

• Deuteronomy 15:7–11

  If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. …

• Proverbs 12:26

  The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

• James 4:4

  Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

• Job 6:14

  To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

• Ecclesiastes 4:9

  Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

• Ecclesiastes 4:9–10

  Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

• Proverbs 27:5–6

  Open rebuke is better than secret love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

• 1 John 4:7

  Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

• James 4:17

  Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

• Luke 6:31

  And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

• 1 Peter 5:7

  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

• 1 John 3:18

  My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

• Philippians 2:4

  Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

• Isaiah 41:17

  When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

• Psalms 133:1

  A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

• Proverbs 3:27

  Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

• John 3:16–17

  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

• Hebrews 13:16

  But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

• James 2:14–17

  What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? …

• Matthew 5:42

  Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.