Defined as ... Making new friends and acquaintances by being helpful and supportive.
“A friendly eye always makes a good mirror.”
~ George Bernard Shaw ~
“Making a million friends is not important as making one friend who will stand by you when a million are against you.”
~ Author Unknown ~
“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”
~ Arnold H. Glasow ~
1. Jonathan & David
(1 Samuel 18:1-4, 19:1-7, 20:16-17, 21:7, 12-14)
2. David with Mephibosheth in honor of Jonathan
(2 Samuel 9)
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“A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.”
Proverbs 18:24
“Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not.”
Proverbs 27:9-10
“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
Proverbs 17:17
“Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”
John 15:15
“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... And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12