2. Colossians 3:13
(NIV)
Put up with each other. Forgive the things you are holding against one another. Forgive, just as the Lord forgave you.
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3. Philippians 2:3
(NIV)
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
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4. James 4:11
(NIV)
Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.
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5. 1 Corinthians 15:33
(NIV)
Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character."
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6. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
(NIV)
Tow are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.
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7. Job 4:16
(NIV)
Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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8. 1 Thessalonians 5:11
(NIV)
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
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9. Ephesians 4:32
(NIV)
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
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10. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
(NIV)
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
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11. Proverbs 12:26
(NIV)
The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
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12. Proverbs 13:20
(NIV)
Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm
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13. Proverbs 15:22
(NIV)
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
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14. Proverbs 16:28
(NIV)
A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.
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15. Proverbs 17:17
(NIV)
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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16. Proverbs 18:24
(NIV)
One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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17. Proverbs 19:20
(NIV)
Listen to advice and accept instruction and in the end you will be wise
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18. Proverbs 22:24-25
(NIV)
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.
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19. Proverbs 27:9
(NIV)
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.
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20. John 15:15
(NIV)
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
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21. John 15:13
(NIV)
Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friend.
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23. 1 John 4:7-8
(NIV)
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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