A Lasting FriendshipProverbs 18:24

Proverbs 18:24A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Characteristics of a Real Friend

A Real Friend is ThoughtfulProverbs 17:9 He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates friends.

A Real Friend is Careful With His TongueProverbs 16:28 A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.

A Real Friend is TruthfulProverbs 27:5-6 Open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron,so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

A Real Friend is HelpfulProverbs 12:26 The righteous should choose his friends carefully, for the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 13:20He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Proverbs 27:19As in water face reflects face, so a man’s heart reveals the man.Proverbs 17:17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

In Jesus We Find

a Real Friend

Never Forget Jesus Is Your Best FriendMatthew 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Look, a glutton and a winebibber,

a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”

John 15:13-14Greater love has no one that this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.