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You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.
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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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I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts.
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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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A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
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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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Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.
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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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One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.
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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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Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
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Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.
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Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
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Oppression, Toil, Friendlessness
Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter.
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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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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?
