Four Marks of Dynamic Friendships
1. Integrity
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.
Proverbs 22:24-25 (NIV)
A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.
Proverbs 27:19 (TLB)
He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
Proverbs 13:20 (NIV)
2. Loyalty
A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.
Proverbs 17:17 (NLT)
Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family.
Proverbs 18:24 (MSG)
3. Humility
Pride leads to arguments; those who take advice are wise.
Proverbs 13:10 (NLT)
Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism will suddenly be destroyed beyond recovery.
Proverbs 29:1 (NLT)
An unfriendly man pursues selfish ends.
Proverbs 18:1 (NIV)
4. Honesty
Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
Proverbs 27:6 (NIV)
He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
Proverbs 28:13 (NIV)
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
John 15:13-15 (NIV)
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