True and Fals Friendship

True and Fals Friendship Sirach 6 :5-17

 

A kind mouth multiplies friends, and gracious lips prompt friendly greetings.

 

Let your acquaintances be many, but one in a thousand your confidant.

 

When you gain a friend, first test him, and be not too ready to trust him

 

For one sort of friend is a friend when it suits him, but he will not be with you in time of distress.

 

Another is a friend who becomes an enemy, and tells of the quarrel to your shame.

 

Another is a friend, a boon companion, who will not be with you when sorrow comes.

 

When things go well, he is your other self, and lords it over your servants;

 

But if you are brought low, he turns against you and avoids meeting you.

 

Keep away from your enemies; be on your guard with your friends.

 

A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure.

 

A faithful friend is beyond price, no sum can balance his worth.

 

A faithful friend is a life-saving remedy,such as he who fears God finds;

 

For he who fears God behaves accordingly, and his friend will be like himself.

 

True and Fals Friendship -Sirach 6 :5-17