Friendship

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerningDeuteronomy 13:6–9Job 6:14Job 6:15Job 16:2Job 16:20Job 19:13–22Psalms 35:13Psalms 35:14Psalms 41:9Psalms 55:12–14Psalms 88:8Psalms 88:18Proverbs 11:13Proverbs 17:9Proverbs 17:17Proverbs 18:24Proverbs 22:24–27Proverbs 25:17Proverbs 25:19Proverbs 27:6
• INSTANCES OF
• Abraham and LotGenesis 14:14–16
• Ruth and NaomiRuth 1:16Ruth 1:17
• Samuel and Saul1 Samuel 15:351 Samuel 16:1
• David and Jonathan1 Samuel 18:1–41 Samuel 201 Samuel 23:16–182 Samuel 1:17–272 Samuel 9:1–13
• David and Abiathar1 Samuel 22:23
• David and Nahash2 Samuel 10:2
• David and Hiram1 Kings 5:1
• David and Hushai2 Samuel 15:32–372 Samuel 162 Samuel 17:1–22
• David and Ittai2 Samuel 15:19–21
• Joram and Ahaziah2 Kings 8:282 Kings 8:292 Kings 9:16

The passages, in Bible order (64)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 14:14–16

   And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

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   "When Abraham learned of this, he counted his servants born in the house" and with 318 men won a victory and liberated his nephew. This shows that the separation had taken place in friendship, since Abraham's love for his nephew was so great that he was willing to confront even the dangers of war on his behalf. What does it mean "he counted"? It means he "chose." So too what Jesus said in the Gospel refers not only to the knowledge of God but also to the grace of the just: "Even the hairs on your head are all counted."

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2. Deuteronomy 13:6–9

   If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,

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   “If thy brother, the son of thy mother,....

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3. Ruth 1:16

   But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

   ›Commentary on Ruth 1:161 voice

   “Ruth, who surpassed the definition of the Law, and entered into the Church, and became an Israelite, and deserved to be counted among the greater ones of the Lord's family, because of the choice of her mind and not her body, is a great example for us, because in her the figure of our entrance into the Church of the Lord, who are gathered from the nations, preceded.

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4. Ruth 1:17

   Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

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   “Where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried,.... She was determined to abide with her unto death, and not only was desirous to die as she did, but where she should die; in the same country, cottage, and bed, and be laid in the same grave, in hope of rising together at the resurrection of the just; having no regard at all to the sepulchres of her fathers, which people in all ages and countries have been fond of being laid in, as an honour and happiness.

   “The Lord do so to me, and more - May he inflict any of those punishments on me, and any worse punishment, if I part from thee till death. And it appears that she was true to her engagement; for Naomi was nourished in the house of Boaz in her old age, and became the fosterer and nurse of their son Obed, Rth 4:15, Rth 4:16.

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5. 1 Samuel 15:35

   And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

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   “I am induced to write to you, a stranger to a stranger, by the entreaties of that holy servant of Christ, Hedibia, and of my daughter in the faith Artemia, once your wife but now no longer your wife but your sister and fellow servant. Not content with assuring her own salvation, she has sought yours also, in former days at home and now in the holy places.

   “41. What is the house of the transgressor, if not the habit of wicked work? For whoever is enclosed in a perverse habit dwells, as it were, in a house. Saul therefore ascended to his house, when any reprobate, after the rebuke of teachers, returns to the practice of evil work. For he descended, as it were, to the plains when he feigned humility in order to learn the commands of his superiors. But what does it mean that Samuel is said to have departed before Saul ascended to his house?

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6. 1 Samuel 16:1

   Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”

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   “[Daniel 9:2] "I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years concerning which the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Jeremiah, that seventy years would be accomplished for the desolation of Jerusalem." Jeremiah had predicted seventy years for the desolation of the Temple (Jeremiah 29:1-10), at the end of which the people would again return to Judaea and build the Temple and the city of Jerusalem. But this fact did not render Daniel careless, but rather encouraged him to pray that God might through his supplications fulfil that which He had graciously promised.

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7. 1 Samuel 18:1–4

   After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

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   “(1 Kings 18). And it happened as Saul completed speaking to David, etc. When the Savior, through the apostles, completed spreading the gifts of his incarnation by preaching in Judea, many indeed, having heard the word, believed. But the more perfect ones among these, overflowing …

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8. 1 Samuel 20:1

   Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”

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   “He came and spoke before Jonathan, "What have I done?" etc. Expelled because of disbelief in the Lord by the reprobate, He often returns more sweetly to the hearts of those who love Him, reminding them frequently of His incarnation, innocent life, and unjust persecution, …

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9. 1 Samuel 22:23

   Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”

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   “Stay with me, do not be afraid, etc. Remain, he said, in my love; do not be afraid of those who kill the body: if they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; but where I am, there will my servant also be; if anyone …

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10. 1 Samuel 23:16–18

    And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

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    “And Jonathan, the son of Saul, arose and went to David, etc. And the dove-like and simple spirit of the elect, progressing amid the adversities of persecutions, often called to the grace of faith from the very number of the persecutors, approached Christ with steps …

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11. 2 Samuel 1:17–27

    Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

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    “And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son. Composed the following elegy on account of their death, and sung it in a tune agreeable to it, he and the men that were with him.

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12. 2 Samuel 9:1–13

    Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”

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    “And David said,....

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13. 2 Samuel 10:2

    And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,

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    “Then said David, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash,....

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14. 2 Samuel 15:19–21

    Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.

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    “Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite,....

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15. 2 Samuel 15:32–37

    When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.

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    “And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount,....

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16. 2 Samuel 16:1

    When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.

    ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 16:12 voices

    “It ought not to excite astonishment that Constantine was so far deceived as to send so many great men into exile: for he believed the assertions of bishops of high fame and reputation, who skillfully concealed their malice. Those who are acquainted with the Sacred …

    “And when David was a little past the top of the hill,....

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