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FRIENDSHIPS IN THE BIBLE Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (New Living Translation) 9 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Proverbs 17:17
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FRIENDSHIPS IN THE BIBLE Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (New Living Translation)9 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Proverbs 17:17 17 A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need. Matthew 22:36-40 (NIV) 36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'[a]38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[b]40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." John 13:34-35 (New International Version) 34"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. John 15:13 13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
FRIENDSHIPS IN THE BIBLE Proverbs 12:26 (New International Version) 26 A righteous man is cautious in friendship, [a] but the way of the wicked leads them astray. Proverbs 22:24 (New International Version) 24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered,
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