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²⁴A man amiable to society shall be more friendly than a brother.

¹³No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.

¹⁷Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress.

⁹Ointment and various perfumes delight the heart. And the good advice of a friend is sweet to the soul.

¹⁷Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

⁹Therefore, it is better for two to be together, than for one to be alone. For they have the advantage of their companionship. ¹⁰If one falls, he shall be supported by the other. Woe to one who is alone. For when he falls, he has no one to lift him up. ¹¹And if two are sleeping, they warm one another. How can one person alone be warmed? ¹²And if a man can prevail against one, two may withstand him, and a threefold cord is broken with difficulty.

²³And so the Scripture was fulfilled which says: “Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.” And so he was called the friend of God.

¹⁴You are my friends, if you do what I instruct you. ¹⁵I will no longer call you servants, for the servant does not know what his Lord is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything whatsoever that I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

¹²This is my precept: that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

²⁸A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders.

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.

¹¹Whoever loves cleanness of heart, because of the grace of his lips, will have the king as his friend.

⁵An open rebuke is better than hidden love. ⁶The wounds of a loved one are better than the deceitful kisses of a hateful one.

¹⁵But if your brother has sinned against you, go and correct him, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you will have regained your brother.

³³Do not be led astray. Evil communication corrupts good morals.

⁶The wounds of a loved one are better than the deceitful kisses of a hateful one.

²⁶He who ignores a loss for the sake of a friend is just. But the way of the impious will deceive them.

¹And it happened that, when he had completed speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan adhered to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him like his own soul. ²And Saul took him that day, and would not permit him to return to his father’s house. ³Then David and Jonathan formed a pact. For he loved him like his own soul.