What is friendship? Friendship is the evidence you portray in what kind of friend you really are. Friendship is a term used to denote co-operative and supportive behavior between two or more humans. Friends will welcome each other's company and exhibit loyalty towards each other, often to the point of altruism. (Altruism is selfless concern for the welfare of others.) Their tastes will usually be similar and may converge, they will share enjoyable activities. Friends will engage in mutually helping behavior, such as exchange of advice and the sharing of hardship. A friend is someone who may often demonstrate reciprocating and reflective behaviors. Friendship is nothing more than the trust that someone or something will not harm them. Value that is found in friendships is often the result a friend demonstrating the desire what is best for the other, sympathy and empathy, honesty, in situations where it may be difficult for others to speak the truth, and mutual understanding.
Friendship is considered to be closer than acquaintanceship, although there is a range of degrees in both friendship and acquaintances.
David and Jonathan were heroic figures of the Kingdom of Israel, whose friendship was recorded favorably in the Old Testament in the books of Samuel.
Friendship can be mistaken for comradeship. Comradeship is the feeling of affinity that draws people together in time of war. In wartime comradeship, is confused with friendship. Wartime always brings with it this comradeship, which is the opposite of friendship. As a war ends, enemy recedes, comrades return to being strangers, who lack friendship and have little in common.
"Fair weather friend" is a friend who supports others only when it is easy and convenient to do so.
"True friend" supports their own friends through emotional difficulties. The true friend often sacrifices something of his or her own (usually their time and resources) in order to help the friend in need. True friends are known to be very rare. A true friend may not be your best friend but someone who you know will be there for you.
"Best friends" is a friend to whom one feels closest. Best friend relationship can often be complex.
--Patti Hallford
There are 49 verses found in the Bible.
A friend loveth at all times... Prov. 17:17
A man that hath friends must show himself friendly; and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Prov. 18:24
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.John 15:13
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