4. 1. People with the same heredity, environment and life experiences can grow up with totally different life responses based on their interaction with their friends, Prov 13:20
5. 2. We all want, need, and were created for friends, yet you have to be careful how you pick your friends
6. 2. We all want, need, and were created for friends, yet you have to be careful how you pick your friends 3. Not everyone who is smiling at you is your friend, because some of them are actually your frenemies
14. A. Compliment in public and correct in private B. Do not give what you cannot take, Prov 11:14
15. A. Compliment in public and correct in private B. Do not give what you cannot take, Prov 11:14 C. Correct people when they are up and not when they’re down, Prov 27:9
16. 1. Be committed, Prov 18:24 2. Be considerate, Prov 17:9 3. Be confidential, Prov 11:13; 16:28b 4. Be candid, Prov 27:5; 24:26 5. Be constructive, Heb 10:24; Prov 12:26
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18. 1. Be committed, Prov 18:24 2. Be considerate, Prov 17:9 3. Be confidential, Prov 11:13; 16:28b 4. Be candid, Prov 27:5; 24:26 5. Be constructive, Heb 10:24; Prov 12:26 6. Be consistent, Prov 17:17
19. Real friends take sides, because they take God’s side and steer you to it.