Pro 27:10, Jer 38:7-13, 39:16-18, Luk 9:52-53, 17:16-18, Joh 4:9, 8:48 | ESV | STEP | Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend , and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity . Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away .

10 Do not forsake your friend and ^ayour father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
^bBetter is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.

Jeremiah 38:7-13

Jeremiah Rescued from the Cistern

7 When ^cEbed-melech ^dthe Ethiopian, ^ea eunuch who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern—the king was sitting ^fin the Benjamin Gate— 8 ^gEbed-melech went from the king’s house and said to the king, 9 “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet by casting him into the cistern, and he will die there of ^hhunger, ⁱfor there is no bread left in the city.” 10 Then the king commanded ^jEbed-melech the Ethiopian, “Take thirty men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.” 11 So ^kEbed-melech took the men with him and went to the house of the king, to a wardrobe in the storehouse, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, which he let down to Jeremiah in the cistern ^lby ropes. 12 Then ^mEbed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Put the rags and clothes between your armpits and ⁿthe ropes.” Jeremiah did so. 13 Then they drew Jeremiah up with ^oropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the ^pcourt of the guard.

Jeremiah 39:16-18

16 “Go, and say to ^qEbed-melech the Ethiopian, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^rBehold, I will fulfill my words against this city for harm and ^snot for good, and they shall be accomplished before you on that day. 17 But I will deliver you on that day, declares the Lord, and you shall not be given into the hand of the men ^tof whom you are afraid. 18 For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but you shall have your ^ulife as a prize of war, ^vbecause you have put your trust in me, declares the Lord.’”

Luke 9:52-53

52 And ^whe sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of ^xthe Samaritans, to make preparations for him. 53 But ^ythe people did not receive him, because ^zhis face was set toward Jerusalem.

Luke 17:16-18

16 and ^aahe fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was ^aba Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus answered, “Were not ^acten cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Was no one found to return and ^adgive praise to God except this ^aeforeigner?”

John 4:9

9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” ( ^afFor Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

John 8:48

Before Abraham Was, I Am

48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and ^aghave a demon?”