35 Bible Verses about Companionship
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When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;
We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:
I keep company with all your worshippers, and those who have your orders in their memory.
Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.
Keep here with me and have no fear; for he who has designs on my life has designs on yours: but with me you will be safe.
So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.
Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.
And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.
Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
Aristarchus, my brother-prisoner, sends his love to you, and Mark, a relation of Barnabas (about whom you have been given orders: if he comes to you, be kind to him),
And if any man does not give attention to what we have said in this letter, take note of that man, and keep away from him, so that he may be shamed.
Do your best to come to me before long: For Demas has gone away from me, for love of this present life, and has gone to Thessalonica: Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.
Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:
But Ruth said, Give up requesting me to go away from you, or to go back without you: for where you go I will go; and where you take your rest I will take my rest; your people will be my people, and your God my God. Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death. And when she saw that Ruth was strong in her purpose to go with her she said no more.
And Ittai the Gittite in answer said, By the living Lord, and by the life of my lord the king, in whatever place my lord the king may be, for life or death, there will your servant be.
And Hushai said to Absalom, Not so; I am for that man whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have taken as king, and I will take my place with him.
So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him: and all the people of Judah, as well as half the people of Israel, took the king on his way.
And Elijah said to Elisha, Come no farther for the Lord has sent me to Beth-el. But Elisha said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went down to Beth-el.
Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on to Jericho.
Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jordan. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on together.
But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go back without you. So he got up and went with her.
And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and take him with you; for he is of use to me in the work.
Saul and Jonathan were loved and pleasing; in their lives and in their death they were not parted; they went more quickly than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
For then I will give the people a clean language, so that they may all make prayer to the Lord and be his servants with one mind.
Whenever I go to Spain (for it is my hope to see you on my way, and to be sent on there by you, if first I may in some measure have been comforted by your company)--
Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.
He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who keeps company with feasters puts shame on his father.
Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.
From Thematic Bible
Companionship » General references to good company
I keep company with all your worshippers, and those who have your orders in their memory.
So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.
Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.
Companionship » Man needs the comfort and help of » Desired
When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis: for it is my purpose to be there for the winter.
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became sad and very troubled.
Do your best to come before the winter. Eubulus sends you his love, and Pudens and Linus and Claudia, and all the brothers.
Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:
Companionship » Evil » A snare to jehoshaphat
And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went to King Jehoshaphat and said to him, Is it right for you to go to the help of evil-doers, loving the haters of the Lord? because of this, the wrath of the Lord has come on you.
Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honour, and his son was married to Ahab's daughter.
Companionship » Evil » Corrupt good morals
Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.
Companionship » Man needs the comfort and help of » Emphasized by solomon
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.
Companionship » Evil » Injured lot
Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom. Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.
Companionship » Man needs the comfort and help of » Illustrated in the life of moses
And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents.
Companionship » Man needs the comfort and help of » Appreciated by Christ
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became sad and very troubled.
Companionship » Man needs the comfort and help of » Seen in God's original plan
And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him
Companionship » Evil » A detriment to israel
And the mixed band of people who went with them were overcome by desire: and the children of Israel, weeping again, said, Who will give us flesh for our food?
Companionship » Man needs the comfort and help of » Shown by the sending forth of the disciples two by two
Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.
Companionship » Man needs the comfort and help of » Recognized by paul in his missionary work
And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.
Companionship » Evil » Devoured the strength of ephraim
Men from other lands have made waste his strength, and he is not conscious of it; grey hairs have come on him here and there, and he has no knowledge of it.
seven Morning glories » Companionship
And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,
Seven » Morning glories of john » Companionship
And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,
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