1. He Who Has Friends…
Proverbs 18:24

2. Winning & Losing Friendships

3. 1. Friendships have no superficial restrictions. a. Age b. Income
Winning Friendships
1. Friendships have no superficial restrictions.
a. Age
b. Income
c. Education

4. Winning Friendships How do you treat friends?
And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.
Luke 6:31

5. Winning Friendships How do you treat friends?
A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17

6. Losing Friendships …But woe to him who is alone when he falls,
For he has no one to help him up.
Ecclesiastes 4:10b

7. Losing Friendships
Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
1 Corinthians 15:33

8. Losing Friendships
Go from the presence of a foolish man, When you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
Proverbs 14:7

9. Friendship - Quality Or Quantity?

10. What are quality friendships?
The righteous should choose his friends carefully, For the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Proverbs 12:26

11. What are quality friendships?
A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17

12. What are quality friendships?
Quality friends offer three basic things:
1 – Aide & Support
For if they fall, one will lift up his companion
Ecclesiastes 4:10a

13. What are quality friendships?
Quality friends offer three basic things:
2 – Comfort of Companionship
Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone?
Ecclesiastes 4:11

14. What are quality friendships?
Quality friends offer three basic things:
3 – Protection in dangerous times
Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:12

15. Are the number of your friends just as important?
1. For many of the wealthy in this world friendship comes easily.
2. Quantity of friends does not make up for the quality of friends.

16. Lessons for Us Today

17. When to not expect friendship
A man who has friends must himself be friendly…
Proverbs 18:24a

18. When to not expect friendship
And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.
Luke 6:31

19. When friendship can come exist.
1. When one behaves in a friendly way.
a. Kindness, respect, and fair treatment.
2. Such friendship results in closeness and caring, the opposite of what some desire.

20. Conclusion
1. Friendship is something that should not be taken lightly.
2. Not everyone is friendship “material” but Christians should be.