fighting friends
What does the Bible say about fighting friends? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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9Whoever conceals an offense seeks friendships. Whoever repeats the words of another separates allies.
17Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress.
24A man amiable to society shall be more friendly than a brother.
33Do not be led astray. Evil communication corrupts good morals.
17Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
1A Psalm of David. The Lord directs me, and nothing will be lacking to me. 2He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment. 3He has converted my soul. He has led me away on the paths of justice, for the sake of his name. 4For, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they have given me consolation. 5You have prepared a table in my sight, opposite those who trouble me. You have anointed my head with oil, and my cup, which inebriates me, how brilliant it is! 6And your mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and so may I dwell in the house of the Lord for length of days.
24Do not be willing to be a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man, 25lest perhaps you learn his ways, and take up a stumbling block to your soul.
13No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.
9Ointment and various perfumes delight the heart. And the good advice of a friend is sweet to the soul.
28A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders.
10Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.
9If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.
11Because of this, console one another and build up one another, just as you are doing.
20Whoever keeps step with the wise shall be wise. A friend of the foolish will become like them.
26He who ignores a loss for the sake of a friend is just. But the way of the impious will deceive them.