The Bible on Friends
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The Bible on Friends I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them them that keep thy precepts. The Bible , Psalms 119:63 . A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity. The Bible , Proverbs 17:17 (NRSV). A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. The Bible , Proverbs 18:24 (New International Version). Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy. The Bible , Proverbs 27:6 (NASB). A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure. A faithful friend is beyond price, no sum can balance his worth. The Bible , Sirach 6:14-15 (The New American Bible). 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." The Bible , Ecclesiastes 4:9-10. But a companion and a friend shall be turned to an enemy. Aristotle What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. Aristotle , from Braude's Second Encyclopedia of stories, quotations, and anecdotes.
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The Bible on Friends
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them them that keep thy precepts.
The Bible , Psalms 119:63.
A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.
The Bible , Proverbs 17:17 (NRSV).
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than
a brother.
The Bible , Proverbs 18:24 (New International Version).
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
The Bible , Proverbs 27:6 (NASB).
A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter;
he who finds one finds a treasure.
A faithful friend is beyond price,
no sum can balance his worth.
The Bible , Sirach 6:14-15 (The New American Bible).
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."
The Bible , Ecclesiastes 4:9-10.
But a companion and a friend shall be turned to an enemy.
Aristotle
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle , from Braude's Second Encyclopedia of stories, quotations, and
anecdotes.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Aristotle , Eudemian Ethics Book VII, 1238.a20.
Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
Aristotle , Nicomachean Ethics (c. 325 BC), Book I, 1096.a16.
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. (ἄνευ
γὰρ φίλων οὐδεὶς ἕλοιτ᾽ ἂν ζῆν, ἔχων τὰ λοιπὰ ἀγαθὰ πάντα)
Aristotle , Nicomachean Ethics (c. 325 BC), Book VIII, 1155.a5.
When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they
need friendship in addition.
Aristotle , Nicomachean Ethics (c. 325 BC), Book VIII, 1155.a26.
The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's
own sake.
Aristotle , Nicomachean Ethics (c. 325 BC), Book IX, 1168.b1
Variants: My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
