And her father said, It seemed to me that you had only hate for her; so I gave her to your friend: but is not her younger sister fairer than she? so please take her in place of the other.
Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his friend. So the Philistines came up and had her and her father's house burned.
When Gideon came there, a man was giving his friend an account of his dream, saying, See, I had a dream about a cake of barley bread which, falling into the tents of Midian, came on to the tent, overturning it so that it was stretched out flat on the earth.
And his friend in answer said, This is certainly the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, the men of Israel: into their hands God has given up all the army of Midian.
And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;
Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him;
I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.
But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.
The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.
It is right for you to do this for him, because he is a friend to our nation, and himself has put up a Synagogue for us.
But you say, For what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your early years, to whom you have been untrue, though she is your friend and the wife to whom you have given your word.
The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.
But he in answer said to one of them, Friend, I do you no wrong: did you not make an agreement with me for a penny?
And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.
And Jesus said to him, Friend, do that for which you have come. Then they came and put hands on Jesus, and took him.
Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.
Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who had been placed over the rooms of the house of our God, being a friend of Tobiah,
If then you take me to be your friend and brother, take him in as myself.
A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.
Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.
Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.
He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.
He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.
He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.
Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.
The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.
Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.
Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:
I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.
The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend.
Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.
Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;
My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.
Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.
But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.
His mouth is most sweet; yes, he is all beautiful. This is my loved one, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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The Book of Enoch is ascribed to the great-grandfather of Noah and is included in the cannon of some churches. It describes the fall of the angels (watchers), visions of heaven and hell and the birth of Noah. Quotes from the book of Enoch are found in the New Testament.
The First Book of Adam and Eve. Books 1 begins immediately after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. We learn about the fall but also of the promise to save Adam and his decendents. The story depicts mans struggle against evil, the devil and sin.
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