Proverbs 18:24
ESV
24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
1 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
34 Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."
16 Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.