That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

Say not thou to thy friend, 'Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.

for the devious are detestable to the Lord,
but He is a friend to the upright.

Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord's eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person's paths.

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

Say to [skillful and godly] wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And regard understanding and intelligent insight as your intimate friends;

I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

One despising his friend lacks heart, but a man of understanding remains silent.

He that walketh with the wise, becometh wise, but, the friend of dullards, becometh foolish.

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.

Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

The soul of the lawless man, craveth mischief, his own friend, findeth no favour in his eyes.

He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.

A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.