Proverbs...on being a good friend and neighbor:
Pr.3:27-28:
27 Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power
to act. 28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back later; I'll give
it tomorrow"-- when you now have it with you. (NIV)
Pr.11:12
A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor, but a man of understanding
holds his tongue. (NIV)
Pr.12:26
A righteous man is cautious in friendship, [a] but the way of the wicked
leads them astray. (NIV)
Pr.17:9
He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter
separates close friends. (NIV)
Pr.17:17
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. (NIV)
Pr.18:24
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks
closer than a brother. (NIV)
Pr.22:24-25:
24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one
easily angered, 25 or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.
(NIV)
Pr.25:20
Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured
on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. (NIV)
Pr.26:18-19:
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands or deadly arrows 19 is a man who deceives
his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!" (NIV)
Pr.27:6
Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. (NIV)
Pr.27:9-10
9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's
friend springs from his earnest counsel. 10 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. (NIV)
Pr.27:14 If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will
be taken as a curse. (NIV)
Pr.27:17
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (NIV)
Pr.28:23
He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than he who has a flattering
tongue. (NIV)
Pr.29:5
Whoever flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet. (NIV)
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