And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! —Isaiah 30:18 God

A person of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother or sister. —Proverbs 18:24. Close spiritual friends are rare —