Job 6:14
14 “He who awithholds ▼▼Syriac, Vulgate (compare Targum); the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
kindness from a cfriendforsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Job 16:20
20My friends dscorn me;my eye pours out tears to God,
Job 19:19
19All my eintimate friends abhor me,and those whom I loved have turned against me.
Job 19:21
21Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends,for the hand of God has ftouched me!
Job 42:7
The Lord Rebukes Job’s Friends
7After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz gthe Temanite: “My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.Proverbs 17:17
17 hA friend loves at all times,and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 18:24
24A man of many companions may come to ruin,but ithere is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 27:10
10Do not forsake your friend and jyour father’s friend,and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
kBetter is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.
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