A friend loves at all times,
and a relative is born to help in adversity.
A person who has friends may be harmed by them,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice,
likewise the sweetness of one’s friend from sincere counsel.
As iron sharpens iron,
so a person sharpens his friend.
No one has greater love than this – that one lays down his life for his friends.
You are my friends if you do what I command you.
And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.