Companion

The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”

“Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “It was Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite,” they were told. “For his wife was given to his companion.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.

Meanwhile, by the word of the LORD, one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me, please!” But the man refused to strike him.

I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.

My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!

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.

Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.