Thematic Bible: Of friendship


Thematic Bible



I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love,
And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;
And I bent down and fed them.

And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.


Now when he had departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him and said to him, “Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?” And Jehonadab answered, “It is.” Jehu said, “If it is, give me your hand.” And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.

“Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself;
Who is there that will be my guarantor?