TOPICAL BIBLE
Friendship
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2 Samuel 17:8He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.2 Samuel 17:9Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’2 Samuel 17:10Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.2 Samuel 17:11Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.2 Samuel 17:12Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.2 Samuel 17:13If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”2 Samuel 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.2 Samuel 17:15So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.2 Samuel 17:16Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”2 Samuel 17:17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.2 Samuel 17:18But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.2 Samuel 17:19Then the man’s wife took a covering, spread it over the mouth of the well, and scattered grain over it so nobody would know a thing.2 Samuel 17:20When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.2 Samuel 17:21After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”2 Samuel 17:22So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.1 Kings 5:1Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.2 Kings 8:28Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.2 Kings 8:29So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.2 Kings 9:16Then Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.Job 2:12When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.Job 2:13Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.Job 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.Job 6:15But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,Job 16:2“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.Job 16:20My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.Job 19:13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.Job 19:14My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.Job 19:15My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.Job 19:16I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.Job 19:17My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.Job 19:18Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.Job 19:19All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.Job 19:21Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.Job 19:22Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?Psalm 35:13Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.Psalm 35:14I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.Psalm 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.Psalm 55:12For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.Psalm 55:13But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.Psalm 55:14We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.Psalm 88:8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.Psalm 88:18You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.Proverbs 11:13A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.Proverbs 17:9Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.Proverbs 17:17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.Proverbs 18:24A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.Proverbs 22:24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,Proverbs 22:25or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.Proverbs 22:26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.Proverbs 22:27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?Proverbs 25:17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.Proverbs 25:19Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.Proverbs 27:6The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.Proverbs 27:9Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.Proverbs 27:10Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.Proverbs 27:14If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.Proverbs 27:17As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.Proverbs 27:19As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.