Job 16:20-21
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
20 My friends scorn me;
my eye pours out tears to God,
21 that he would maintain the right of a mortal with God,
as[a] one does for a neighbour.
Footnotes
- Job 16:21 Syr Vg Tg: Heb and
Proverbs 17:17
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
17 A friend loves at all times,
and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.
Proverbs 27:17
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
17 Iron sharpens iron,
and one person sharpens the wits[a] of another.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:17 Heb face
John 15:12-15
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
12 ‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 I do not call you servants[a] any longer, because the servant[b] does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.
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- John 15:15 Gk slaves
- John 15:15 Gk slave
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