Proverbs 18:16, 19
16 A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men. 19 A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, and contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Proverbs 18:24
24 A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 19:4, 6-7
4 Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend. 6 Many entreat the favor of the nobility, and every man is a friend to one who gives gifts. 7 All the brothers of the poor hate him; How much more do his friends go far from him! He may pursue them with words, yet they abandon him.
Proverbs 22:11
11 He who loves purity of heart and has grace on his lips, The king will be his friend.
Proverbs 22:24-25
24 Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go, 25 Lest you learn his ways and set a snare for your soul.
Proverbs 23:20-21
20 Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat; 21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 24:1-2
1 Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them; 2 For their heart devises violence, and their lips talk of troublemaking.
Proverbs 24:21-22
21 My son, fear the LORD and the king; Do not associate with those given to change; 22 For their calamity will rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin those two can bring?
Proverbs 25:6-7
6 Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of the great; 7 For it is better that he say to you, "Come up here," than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.
Proverbs 25:17
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.
Proverbs 26:18-19
18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death, 19 Is the man who deceives his neighbor, and says, "I was only joking!"
Proverbs 27:6, 9, 10
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 9 Ointment and perfume delight the heart, and the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel. 10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Proverbs 27:14
14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it will be counted a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:17, 19
17 As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. 19 As in water face reflects face, So a man’s heart reveals the man.
Proverbs 28:7
7 Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Proverbs 28:24
24 Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, "It is no transgression," The same is companion to a destroyer.
Proverbs 29:5
5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Proverbs 29:24
24 Whoever is a partner with a thief hates his own life; He swears to tell the truth, but reveals nothing. |
