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After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.
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Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors and an object of dread to my closest friends— those who see me on the street flee from me.
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My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
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My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
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You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
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In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
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They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
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For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
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The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
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The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.
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A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.
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Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
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One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.
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The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.
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Saying 3
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered,
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Take me away with you—let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers.
Friends
We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. She
How right they are to adore you!
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Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock and where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your friends?
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Friends
If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats by the tents of the shepherds.
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He
I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Friends
Eat, friends, and drink; drink your fill of love.
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Friends
How is your beloved better than others, most beautiful of women? How is your beloved better than others, that you so charge us?
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Friends
Where has your beloved gone, most beautiful of women? Which way did your beloved turn, that we may look for him with you?
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Friends
Who is this that appears like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, majestic as the stars in procession?
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Friends
Come back, come back, O Shulammite; come back, come back, that we may gaze on you! He
Why would you gaze on the Shulammite as on the dance of Mahanaim?
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Friends
Who is this coming up from the wilderness leaning on her beloved? She
Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who was in labor gave you birth.
