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24A man amiable to society shall be more friendly than a brother.
20Whoever keeps step with the wise shall be wise. A friend of the foolish will become like them.
17Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress.
8Whoever does not love, does not know God. For God is love.
25not deserting our assembly, as some are accustomed to do, but consoling one another, and even more so as you see that the day is approaching.
17Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
8Concerning the rest, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is chaste, whatever is just, whatever is holy, whatever is worthy to be loved, whatever is of good repute, if there is any virtue, if there is any praiseworthy discipline: meditate on these.
28A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders.
33Do not be led astray. Evil communication corrupts good morals.
9Whoever conceals an offense seeks friendships. Whoever repeats the words of another separates allies.
7But if we walk in the light, just as he also is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
14He who takes away mercy from his friend, abandons the fear of the Lord.