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Choose friends wisely – Proverbs on Friendship

Teaching by Bob Harrington

 Proverbs 12:26 A righteous man is _______________________in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.Proverbs 27:5-6 Better is open __________________________ than hidden love. Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. 1. Resist the desire to have a                                  of friendships – it is unwise.Every man passes his life in the search after friendship. -- Ralph Waldo EmersonProverbs 1:10-19  10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them. Proverbs 18:24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.  2.  Feed the desire to find a                                     good friends – it is wise. Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. -Samuel Paterson   Proverbs 12:26  A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. 1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character."  3. Pursue friendships with                                  people. Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit. -- Aristotle (4th century B.C.) Proverbs 13:20 He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. John 15: 12-13  My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.  Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street. - Virginia Woolf   Friendship is when people know all about you but like you anyway.  You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people, than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. -- Bernard Meltzer  4. Develop friendships based upon                           and Grace.Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. -- Sicilian Proverb In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -- Martin Luther King JrA true friend stabs you in the front. -- Oscar Wilde Proverbs 27:5-6 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.  Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. 5. Enjoy                                   friendships, they are rare.Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget. True friends are like Diamonds... they are real and rare. False friends are like leaves... they are scattered everywhere.Proverbs 27: 9-10 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel. Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.Ecclesiastes 4: 7-12  Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:  There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother . . . . Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work:  If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! . . .  A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.   Small Group Questions 1. When you were a child, who was one of your best friends?  What made them such a good friend?2. Do you agree that we all have a tendency, especially when we are young, to want lots of friendships?  Why do we do this?3. Of the passages described above, which stands out to you as the most helpful?  Explain why?4. What can you do to be a better friend?  Explain?5. What can you do to better develop or enjoy your friendships? Explain.6. Close the group by praying for one another.
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