Learn from these sayings of wisdom from Proverbs. Pay close attention. Remember that in Proverbs usually a “brother”
is a physical brother, not a spiritual one like we may find in the N.T. But considering ourselves as spiritual
brothers and sisters … and sometimes also friends … we can learn what God wants
(and what He hates), and how our relationships as brothers, sisters and friends
ought to look.
Pray that God will give you insight into this, and then act
on it!
A
righteous [just] man is cautious in friendship...
...but the way of the wicked
leads them astray. 12.26
A friend
loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. 17.17
A
man of many companions may come to ruin,
…but there’s a friend who sticks closer than a brother 18.24
Don’t make friends
with a hot-tempered man, don’t associate with one easily angered, or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared. 22.24
Wounds
from a
friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. 27.6
Perfume
and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one’s friend
springs from his earnest counsel.
Don’t forsake your
friend or your father’s friend, and don’t go to your brother’s house when
disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away. 27.9-10
There
are 6 things Yahweh hates, 7 that are detestable to him:
1.
haughty eyes,
2.
a lying tongue,
3.
hands that shed innocent blood,
4.
a heart that devises wicked schemes,
5.
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
6.
a false witness who pours out lies
7.
And a man who stirs up dissension among brothers. (6.16-19)
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