We recently celebrated "Friend Day" at Liberty Worship Center. As part of my message that day, I shared 10 "FriendFacts"- basically, 10 Proverbs that deal with the subject of friendship. I thought I would share a condensed version of the Top Ten list for you today. These are not listed in order of importance- purely random.
1. In order to have friends, you must be friendly.
Pro 18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
2. Choose your friends wisely!
Pro 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
3. Don't be a "fair-weather" friend.
Pro 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
4. Friends tell each other the truth (even when it hurts)
Pro 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
5. Friends don't use flowery words
Pro 27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
6. Friends don't betray confidences
Pro 17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
7. Friends are committed to making you a better person
Pro 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
8. Friends give good, godly advice.
Pro 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
9. Money issues can ruin friendships.
Pro 6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Pro 6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
10. One of the greatest values in a friend is faithfulness.
Pro 27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
1 comment:
These are wonderful and very true!
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