As ¹  iron sharpens ²  iron, so a person ³  sharpens his friend. ⁴ 

Absalom said to Hushai, “Do you call this loyalty to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”

So David’s friend Hushai arrived in the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

Yes, you would gamble ¹  for the fatherless, and auction off ²  your friend.

My intercessor is my friend ¹  as my eyes pour out ²  tears to God;

and ¹  he contends with God on behalf of man as a man ²  pleads ³  for his friend.

But it is you, ¹  a man like me, ²  my close friend in whom I confided. ³ 

I am a friend to all your loyal followers, ¹  and to those who keep your precepts.

A friend ¹  loves at all times, and a relative ²  is born to help in adversity. ³ 

Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated ¹  from his friend. ² 

Faithful ¹  are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses ²  of an enemy are excessive. ³ 

“You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend, ¹ 

Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away. ¹ 

Now Abimelech had come ¹  to him from Gerar along with ²  Ahuzzah his friend ³  and Phicol the commander of his army.

“To the one in despair, kindness ¹  should come from his friend ²  even if ³  he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Even my close friend ¹  whom I trusted, he who shared meals with me, has turned against me. ² 

Many people entreat the favor ¹  of a generous person, ²  and everyone is the friend ³  of the person who gives gifts. ⁴ 

The one who loves a pure heart ¹  and whose speech is gracious ²  – the king will be his friend. ³ 

Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, ¹  likewise the sweetness of one’s friend from sincere counsel. ² 

Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty man.