PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Good Friends, Bad Friends & Fake Friends
Kobe Bryant on Friendship
A good friend is hard to find.
Who would be your bridesmaids/groomsmen?
Why Friendship Takes a Backseat
"Without Eros none of us would have been begotten and without Affection none of us would have been reared; but we can live and breed without Friendship."
- C.S. Lewis
Wealth attracts many friends,
but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.
- Proverbs 19:4
The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
but the rich have many friends.
- Proverbs 14:20
Many curry favor with a ruler,
and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.
The poor are shunned by all their relatives—
how much more do their friends avoid them!
Though the poor pursue them with pleading,
they are nowhere to be found.
- Proverbs 19:6-7
“Bad company corrupts good character.”
– 1 Cor. 15:33
Bad friends lead you astray.
If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
– Proverbs 27:14
Bad friends don't "get" you.
Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house—
too much of you, and they will hate you.
- Proverbs 25:17
Bad friends don't have boundaries.
A good friend will be there for you.
"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.”
- Proverbs 17:17
A good friend will tell you what you need to hear, not just what you want to hear.
Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. - Proverbs 27:6
A good friend makes you better.
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”
- Proverbs 27:17