Definition of a Friend

Proverbs 17:17
"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."

Proverbs 18:24
"A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."


Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

James 2:23
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

James 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.