How can I be a good friend? Solomon reminds us that we must be willing workers, ready to lift, be side by side, and stand up for one’s friend.

1. A Friend
Loves at
All Times
Proverbs 17.17
CB OT p. 1023

2. “You’ve Got a Friend
in Me”
When the road looks
rough ahead, And you’re
miles and miles, From
your nice warm bed, Just
remember what your old
pal said, Boy, you’ve got a
friend in me.

3. “You’ve Got a Friend
in Me”
You’ve got troubles, well
I’ve got’em too, There
isn’t anything I wouldn’t
do for you, We stick
together and see it
through,You’ve got a
friend in me.

4. “You’ve Got a Friend
in Me”
Some other folks might
be, A little bit smarter
than I am, Bigger and
stronger too, Maybe, But
none of them will ever
love you the way I do.

5. How can I be a good friend?

6. Two are better than one,
because they have good
reward for their toil.
Ecclesiastes 4.9
CB OT p. 1052

7. For if they fall, one will lift
up his fellow. But woe to
him who is alone when he
falls and has not another to
lift him up!
Ecclesiastes 4.10
CB OT p. 1052

8. Again, if two lie together,
they keep warm, but how
can one keep warm alone?
Ecclesiastes 4.11
CB OT p. 1052

9. And though a man might
prevail against one who is
alone, two will withstand
him — a threefold cord is
not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4.12
CB OT p. 1052

10. Be a willing worker.

11. Two are better than one,
because they have good
reward for their toil.
Ecclesiastes 4.9
CB OT p. 1052

12. After this the Lord appointed
seventy-two others and sent them
on ahead of him, two by two, into
every town and place where he
himself was about to go.
Luke 10.1
CB NT p. 125

15. Be Ready to Lift

16. For if they fall, one will lift
up his fellow. But woe to
him who is alone when he
falls and has not another to
lift him up!
Ecclesiastes 4.10
CB OT p. 1052

17. A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17.17
CB OT p.

20. Faithful are the wounds
of a friend
Proverbs 27.6
CB OT p.1039

21. My brothers, if anyone among you
wanders from the truth and
someone brings him back, let him
know that whoever brings back a
sinner from his wandering will save
his sould from death and will cover
a multitude of sins.
James 5.19-20
CB OT p. 406

22. Be Side
by Side

23. Again, if two lie together,
they keep warm, but how
can one keep warm alone?
Ecclesiastes 4.11
CB OT p. 1052

25. “And Jonathan, Saul’s son,
rose and went to David at
Horesh, and strengthened
his hand in God.”
1 Samuel 23.16
CB OT p. 458

26. Oil and perfume make the
heart glad, and the
sweetness of a friend comes
from his earnest counsel.
Proverbs 27.9
CB OT p. 1039

27. Be Ready to Stand Up

28. And though a man might
prevail against one who is
alone, two will withstand
him — a threefold cord is
not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4.12
CB OT p. 1052

30. “Then Jonathan said to
David, “Whatever you say, I
will do for you.”
1 Samuel 20.4
CB OT p. 452

31. Iron sharpens iron, and one
man sharpens another.
Proverbs 27.17
CB OT p. 1041

32. Choose your
friends carefully!

33. Whoever walks with the
wise becomes wise, but the
companion of fools will
suffer harm.
Proverbs 13.20
CB OT p. 1017

34. Do not be deceived: “Bad
company ruins good
morals.”
1 Corinthians 15.33
CB NT p. 309

35. Make no friendship with a a
man given to anger, nor go
with a wrathful man, lest you
learn his ways and entangle
yourself in a snare.
Proverbs 22.24-25
CB OT p. 1031

36. I am a companion of all who
fear you, of those who keep
your precepts.
Psalm 119.63
CB OT p. 969

37. The soul of Jonathan was
knit to the soul of David,
and Jonathan loved him as
his own soul.
1 Samuel 18.1
CB OT p. 449

38. And all who believed
were together
Acts 2.44-45
CB NT p. 211

40. Will today be the
day you decide to
go to heaven?

41. Lesson slideshows (with notes)
and audio can be found at:
www.churchofchristmiranda.com

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44. Compiled and Presented by:
Miscellaneous Dave Stewart
27 March, 2011
#04 Las Cruces, NM
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
A Friend Loves at AllTimes
Ecclesiastes 4.9-12
Synopsis: How can I be a good friend? Solomon reminds us that we must
be willing workers, ready to lift, be side by side, and stand up for one’s
friend.
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