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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?
Lesson slideshows (with notes)and audio can be found at:
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
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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.”