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Careful of friendship with the world.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

James 4:4 ESV

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Proverbs 22:24–25 ESV

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Pursue Godly friendships.

1 Samuel 18:3 ESV

Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

Job 2:11 ESV

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him.

Benefits of Godly friendships.

Ecclesiastes 4:9 ESV

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.

Support & encouragement

John 15:13 ESV

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Sacrificial Service

Romans 12:15 ESV

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Shared joy & sorrow

Proverbs 27:9 ESV

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.

Loving rebuke

Ephesians 4:15 ESV

Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

Hebrews 10:24 ESV

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

Encouragement in good works

Proverbs 27:17 ESV

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

Challenge