My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put
For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friend
Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both D
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares