What does the bible say about choosing friends wisely

what does the bible say about choosing friends wisely

John 15:13
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”

Proverbs 24:6
“For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety”

Proverbs 17:9
“He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends”

Proverbs 27:6
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful”

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”

2 Samuel 1:26
“I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women”

John 15:14
“Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you”

Revelation 14:12
“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus”

Proverbs 16:29
“A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good”

Exodus 33:11
“And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle”

James 2:23
“And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God”

Proverbs 16:28
“A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends”

Luke 1:37
“For with God nothing shall be impossible”

1 Corinthians 5:11
“But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat”

John 3:16
“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”

Colossians 3:13
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye”

Genesis 2:18
“And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him”

Psalm 133:1
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity”

Proverbs 15:22
“Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established”

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”

John 13:35
“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another”

James 1:5
“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him”

1 Timothy 3:4
“One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity”

John 15:12
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you”

Proverbs 27:10
“Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off”

Job 2:11
“Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him”

Proverbs 18:24
“A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother”

Proverbs 27:9
“Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel”

1 John 4:1
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world”

Galatians 6:2
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ”

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