Friendship in Proverbs 4 and 6
There are not a lot of specific verses in these chapters on friendship. There are lots of verses on various relationships. Here are two that could speak to friendships.
Prov 4:23 Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life.
Watch - guard - keep - be DILIGENT - does this relationship benefit my heart or is it allowing things contrary to God's will and plan into my heart?
Prov 6:12 - 15 presents a list of characteristics of a worthless/wicked man. I want to avoid these things in myself, and also in my close associates.
1. walks with a perverse mouth
2. winks with the eyes (deceptive)
3. signals with the feet (deceptive)
4. points with fingers
5. has a perverse heart that continually devises evil
6. spreads strife
3 comments:
I’m going to have read that now.... It has sparked a curiosity....
Funny how God puts things in our path, or people that say, do or mention something that makes us step back and say... hmmm
Thanks…
Lisawa~
I had to completely cutoff a friendship about 3 years ago. It was hard to do but that friendship didn't grow anything good . .it was constant turmoil and made my heart ache many times.
It's that "nothing good" and constant turmoil/strife thing that alert me to problems in friendship.... ::sigh:::
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