Anthony Gammage – Various Proverbs
Sermon Quotes
Proverbs 18:24; 13:20; 17:17; 27:6; 27:17; 25:20; 17:9; 16:28
[24] A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
[20] Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
[17] A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
[6] Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
[17] Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.
[20] Whoever sings songs to a heavy heart
is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,
and like vinegar on soda.
[9] Whoever covers an offense seeks love,
but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
[28] A dishonest man spreads strife,
and a whisperer separates close friends.
Proverbs 18:24
[24] A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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Proverbs 22:24–25
[24] Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,
[25] lest you learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
Proverbs 13:20
[20] Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Psalm 1:1–4
[1] Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
[2] but his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
[3] He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
[4] The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
Friendship arises out of mere companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interest or even taste which the others do not share and which, till that moment, each believed to be his own unique treasure (or burden). That is why those pathetic people who simply “want friends” can never make any. The very condition of having friends is that we should want something else besides friends. You will not find the warrior, the poet, the philosopher or the Christian by staring in his eyes as if he were your mistress: better fight beside him, read with him, argue with him, pray with him.
-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
Proverbs 17:17
[17] A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 20:6
[6] Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love,
but a faithful man who can find?
Proverbs 27:6
[6] Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
Proverbs 27:17
[17] Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:9
[9] Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
Ephesians 4:15
[15] Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.
Proverbs 29:5
[5] A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
Proverbs 25:20
[20] Whoever sings songs to a heavy heart
is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,
and like vinegar on soda.
Proverbs 11:12
[12] Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense,
but a man of understanding remains silent.
Proverbs 25:17
[17] Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,
lest he have his fill of you and hate you.
Proverbs 27:14
[14] Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,
rising early in the morning,
will be counted as cursing.
Proverbs 26:18–19
[18] Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death
[19] is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I am only joking!”
Proverbs 24:29
[29] Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will pay the man back for what he has done.”
Proverbs 17:9
[9] Whoever covers an offense seeks love,
but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
Proverbs 16:28
[28] A dishonest man spreads strife,
and a whisperer separates close friends.
Proverbs 12:13–14
[13] An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
but the righteous escapes from trouble.
[14] From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good,
and the work of a man’s hand comes back to him.
Proverbs 24:17–18
[17] Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
[18] lest the LORD see it and be displeased,
and turn away his anger from him.
Proverbs 25:21–22
[21] If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
[22] for you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the LORD will reward you.
Romans 12:17–19
[17] Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. [18] If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. [19] Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Matthew 11:18–19
[18] For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ [19] The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.”
Romans 5:10
[10] For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.