A Friend Loves at

All Times

Proverbs 17.17CB OT p. 1023

“You’ve Got a Friend in Me”

When the road looks rough ahead, And you’re miles and miles, From your nice warm bed, Just remember what your old pal said, Boy, you’ve got a friend in me.

“You’ve Got a Friend in Me”

You’ve got troubles, well I’ve got’em too, There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you, We stick together and see it through, You’ve got a friend in me.

“You’ve Got a Friend in Me”

Some other folks might be, A little bit smarter than I am, Bigger and stronger too, Maybe, But none of them will ever love you the way I do.

I How can be a good friend?

Two are better than one, because they have good

reward for their toil.

Ecclesiastes 4.9CB OT p. 1052

For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to

him who is alone when he falls and has not another to

lift him up!

Ecclesiastes 4.10CB OT p. 1052

Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?

Ecclesiastes 4.11CB OT p. 1052

And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him — a threefold cord is

not quickly broken.

Ecclesiastes 4.12CB OT p. 1052

Be a willing worker.

Two are better than one, because they have good

reward for their toil.

Ecclesiastes 4.9CB OT p. 1052

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

Luke 10.1

CB NT p. 125

Be Ready to Lift

For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to

him who is alone when he falls and has not another to

lift him up!

Ecclesiastes 4.10CB OT p. 1052

A friend loves at all times,and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 17.17CB OT p.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend

Proverbs 27.6CB OT p.1039

My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and

someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a

sinner from his wandering will save his sould from death and will cover

a multitude of sins.

James 5.19-20CB OT p. 406

Be Side by Side

Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?

Ecclesiastes 4.11CB OT p. 1052

“And Jonathan, Saul’s son, rose and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened

his hand in God.”

1 Samuel 23.16CB OT p. 458

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the

sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.

Proverbs 27.9CB OT p. 1039

Be Ready to Stand Up

And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him — a threefold cord is

not quickly broken.

Ecclesiastes 4.12CB OT p. 1052

“Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I

will do for you.”

1 Samuel 20.4CB OT p. 452

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

Proverbs 27.17CB OT p. 1041

Choose your friends carefully!

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the

companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 13.20CB OT p. 1017

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good

morals.”

1 Corinthians 15.33CB NT p. 309

Make no friendship with a a man given to anger, nor go

with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle

yourself in a snare.

Proverbs 22.24-25CB OT p. 1031

I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep

your precepts.

Psalm 119.63CB OT p. 969

The soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as

his own soul.

1 Samuel 18.1CB OT p. 449

And all who believedwere together

Acts 2.44-45CB NT p. 211

Will today be the day you decide to

go to heaven?

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Miscellaneous

#04

A Friend Loves at AllTimesEcclesiastes 4.9-12

Compiled and Presented by:

Dave Stewart27 March, 2011

Las Cruces, NMwww.churchofchristmiranda.com

Synopsis: How can I be a good friend? Solomon reminds us that we must be willing workers, ready to lift, be side by side, and stand up for one’s friend.

“Let all that you do be done with love.”

“Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”