Friendship

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

A friend loves at all times

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

Iron sharpens iron

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

A friend who sticks closer than a brother

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

Two are better than one

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

Greater love has no one than this

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.

I have called you friends

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

Sweet friendship refreshes the soul

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

David and Jonathan's friendship

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.

Job's friends came to comfort him

Faithful the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy deceitful.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend