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Companions are those with whom individuals share their lives, whether through friendship, marriage, or community. The Bible provides numerous examples and teachings on the nature and importance of companionship, emphasizing both its blessings and potential pitfalls. Old Testament Insights The Old Testament highlights the significance of companionship from the very beginning. In <a href="/genesis/2-18.htm">Genesis 2:18</a>, God declares, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper." This foundational statement underscores the divine intention for humans to live in relationship with others. The creation of Eve as a companion for Adam establishes the marital relationship as the first and most intimate form of companionship. The wisdom literature, particularly the Book of Proverbs, offers practical insights into the nature of companionship. <a href="/proverbs/13-20.htm">Proverbs 13:20</a> advises, "Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm." This verse underscores the influence companions have on one's character and life path. Similarly, <a href="/proverbs/27-17.htm">Proverbs 27:17</a> states, "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another," highlighting the mutual benefit and growth that can result from healthy companionship. New Testament Teachings The New Testament continues to emphasize the importance of companionship, particularly within the context of the Christian community. Jesus Himself modeled companionship through His relationships with the disciples. In <a href="/john/15-15.htm">John 15:15</a>, He tells them, "No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you." This declaration elevates the disciples from mere followers to intimate companions in His mission. The Apostle Paul also speaks to the value of companionship in the life of believers. In <a href="/1_corinthians/15-33.htm">1 Corinthians 15:33</a>, he warns, "Do not be deceived: 'Bad company corrupts good character.'" This echoes the wisdom of Proverbs, reminding Christians to choose their companions wisely. Paul’s letters often mention his companions in ministry, such as Timothy, Silas, and Barnabas, illustrating the importance of partnership in the work of the Gospel. Companionship in the Early Church The early church is depicted as a community of believers who shared their lives and resources. <a href="/acts/2-42.htm">Acts 2:42-47</a> describes how the early Christians "devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." This passage highlights the communal aspect of companionship, where believers supported one another spiritually and materially. Challenges and Warnings While companionship is portrayed as a blessing, the Bible also warns of its potential challenges. The account of Job illustrates how companions can sometimes fail in their role. Job’s friends, who initially come to comfort him, end up offering misguided counsel, prompting Job to say in <a href="/job/16-2.htm">Job 16:2</a>, "You are miserable comforters, all of you!" Moreover, the Bible cautions against forming alliances with those who may lead one away from God’s path. In <a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14</a>, Paul advises, "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?" This warning serves as a reminder to maintain spiritual integrity in all relationships. Conclusion The biblical perspective on companions is multifaceted, recognizing both the profound impact of positive relationships and the dangers of negative influences. Companionship is seen as a divine gift, intended to provide support, growth, and mutual edification among believers.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4450b.htm">4450b. Purros -- Pyrrhus, the father of one of Paul's companions</a> ... 4450a, 4450b. Purros. 4451 . Pyrrhus, the father of one of Paul's companions. Transliteration: Purros Short Definition: Pyrrhus. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4450b.htm - 5k<a href="/greek/3326.htm">3326. meta -- with, among, after</a> ... 1), accompanied* (2), accompany* (1), after (82), afterward* (3), against (4), amid (1), among (5), away (1), before* (1), behind (1), companions* (5), end (1 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3326.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/4012.htm">4012. peri -- about, concerning, around (denotes place, cause or ...</a> ... 1), against (4), all around (1), around (12), around* (1), because (2), behalf (4), case* (1), cause* (1), circumstances* (1), companions* (1), concerning (48 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4012.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/2810.htm">2810. Kleopas -- Cleopas, a Christian</a> ... Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Kleopas Phonetic Spelling: (kleh-op'-as) Short Definition: Cleopas Definition: Cleopas, one of the two companions of the risen ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2810.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3588.htm">3588. ho, he, to -- the</a> ... art. Definition the NASB Word Usage about (2), all (5), case* (3), cause* (1), circumstances* (3), companions* (8), condition* (1), experiences (2), far (1 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3588.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/4862.htm">4862. sun -- with, together with (expresses association with)</a> ... association with) NASB Word Usage accompanied (1), accompanied* (1), accompany* (2), along (10), associates (2), besides* (1), companions* (2), including (1 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4862.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4898.htm">4898. sunekdemos -- a fellow traveler</a> ... Word Origin from sun and a comp. of ek and demos Definition a fellow traveler NASB Word Usage travel (1), traveling companions (1). companion in travel. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4898.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3353.htm">3353. metochos -- sharing in</a> ... Word Origin from metecho Definition sharing in NASB Word Usage companions (1), partakers (4), partners (1). fellow, partaker, partner. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3353.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5664.htm">5664. Abed Nego -- "servant of Nebo," Bab. name of one of Daniel's ...</a> ... "servant of Nebo," Bab. name of one of Daniel's companions. Transliteration: Abed Nego Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ade' neg-o') Short Definition: Abed-nego. ... /hebrew/5664.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5839.htm">5839. Azaryah -- one of Daniel's companions</a> ... 5838, 5839. Azaryah. 5840 . one of Daniel's companions. Transliteration: Azaryah Phonetic Spelling: (az-ar-yaw') Short Definition: Azariah. ... /hebrew/5839.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7714.htm">7714. Shadrak -- Bab. name of one of Daniel's companions</a> ... 7713, 7714. Shadrak. 7715 . Bab. name of one of Daniel's companions. Transliteration: Shadrak Phonetic Spelling: (shad-rak') Short Definition: Shadrach. ... /hebrew/7714.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5665.htm">5665. Abed Nego -- "servant of Nebo," Bab. name of one of Daniel's ...</a> ... "servant of Nebo," Bab. name of one of Daniel's companions. Transliteration: Abed Nego Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ade' neg-o') Short Definition: Abed-nego. ... /hebrew/5665.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7715.htm">7715. Shadrak -- Bab. name of one of Daniel's companions</a> ... 7714, 7715. Shadrak. 7716 . Bab. name of one of Daniel's companions. Transliteration: Shadrak Phonetic Spelling: (shad-rak') Short Definition: Shadrach. ... /hebrew/7715.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2270.htm">2270. chaber -- united, associate, companion</a> ... 2269, 2270. chaber. 2271 . united, associate, companion. Transliteration: chaber Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-bare') Short Definition: companions. ... /hebrew/2270.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7464.htm">7464. reah -- companion, attendant</a> ... 7463b, 7464. reah. 7465 . companion, attendant. Transliteration: reah Phonetic Spelling: (ray'-aw) Short Definition: companions. ... /hebrew/7464.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4828.htm">4828. merea -- friend, companion</a> ... Word Origin from raah Definition friend, companion NASB Word Usage adviser (1), companion (3), companions (1), friends (2). companion, friend. ... /hebrew/4828.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/251.htm">251. ach -- a brother</a> ... 16), brethren (17), brother (218), brother with his brothers (1), brother's (21), brotherhood (1), brothers (195), brothers' (1), companions (1), countryman (10 ... /hebrew/251.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/441a.htm">441a. alluph -- tame</a> ... Word Origin from alaph Definition tame NASB Word Usage cattle (1), companion (2), companions (1), friend (1), gentle (1), intimate friends (2). 441, 441a. ... /hebrew/441a.htm - 5k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/wesley/the_journal_of_john_wesley/companions_on_horseback.htm">Companions on Horseback</a> ... Chapter 2. Troubles in Georgia; Return to England; Peter Bohler; "I Felt my Heart Strangely Warmed" Companions on Horseback. Friday ... /.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/companions on horseback.htm<a href="/library/spurgeon/till_he_come/christ_and_his_table-companions_and.htm">Christ and his Table-Companions "And when the Hour was Come, He ...</a> ... CHRIST AND HIS TABLE-COMPANIONS "And when the hour was come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him.""Luke xxii. 14. CHRIST AND HIS TABLE-COMPANIONS. ... /.../spurgeon/till he come/christ and his table-companions and.htm<a href="/library/sainte-foi/serious_hours_of_a_young_lady/chapter_xiv_choice_op_companions.htm">Choice Op Companions.</a> ... CHAPTER XIV. CHOICE OP COMPANIONS. Since a predisposition to good and evil is found among persons of all classes and ages; and as ... /.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter xiv choice op companions.htm<a href="/library/ugolino/the_little_flowers_of_st_francis_of_assisi/chapter_i_how_brother_giles.htm">How Brother Giles, with Three Companions was Received into the ...</a> ... THE LIFE OF THE BLESSED BROTHER GILES, COMPANION OF ST FRANCIS CHAPTER I HOW BROTHER GILES, WITH THREE COMPANIONS WAS RECEIVED INTO THE ORDER OF FRIAR'S MINOR. ... /.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter i how brother giles.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_life_of_flavius_josephus/section_49_when_jonathan_and.htm">When Jonathan and his Companions Heard This, they were in Fear of ...</a> ... Section 49. When Jonathan and his companions heard this, they were in fear of their own? 49. When Jonathan and his companions ... /.../josephus/the life of flavius josephus/section 49 when jonathan and.htm<a href="/library/roberston/sketches_of_church_history_from_ad_33_to_the_reformation/chapter_vi_tertullian_perpetua_and.htm">Tertullian; Perpetua and Companions (Ad 181-206)</a> ... PART I CHAPTER VI: TERTULLIAN; PERPETUA AND COMPANIONS (AD 181-206). The Emperor Marcus Aurelius died in 181, and the Church was ... /.../chapter vi tertullian perpetua and.htm<a href="/library/ephraim/hymns_and_homilies_of_ephraim_the_syrian/hymn_xiii_concerning_mar_jacob.htm">Concerning Mar Jacob and his Companions</a> ... Hymn XIII. Concerning Mar Jacob and his Companions. Concerning Mar Jacob and his Companions. 1. Three illustrious priests, after ... /.../hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn xiii concerning mar jacob.htm<a href="/library/teresa/the_life_of_st_teresa_of_jesus/chapter_ii_early_impressions_dangerous.htm">Early Impressions. Dangerous Books and Companions. The Saint is ...</a> ... Chapter II. Early Impressions. Dangerous Books and Companions. The Saint Is Placed in a Monastery. 1. What I shall now speak of ... /.../the life of st teresa of jesus/chapter ii early impressions dangerous.htm<a href="/library/augustine/the_confessions_and_letters_of_st/chapter_iv_he_commits_theft_with.htm">He Commits Theft with his Companions, not Urged on by Poverty, but ...</a> ... Book II. Chapter IV."He Commits Theft with His Companions, Not Urged on by Poverty, But from a Certain Distaste of Well-Doing. ... /.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter iv he commits theft with.htm<a href="/library/ugolino/the_little_flowers_of_st_francis_of_assisi/chapter_xv_how_st_clare.htm">How St Clare Ate with St Francis and his Companions at St Mary of ...</a> ... PART ONE. HERE BEGIN THE LITTLE FLOWERS OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHAPTER XV HOW ST CLARE ATE WITH ST FRANCIS AND HIS COMPANIONS AT ST MARY OF THE ANGELS. ... /.../ugolino/the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter xv how st clare.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/c/companions.htm">Companions (58 Occurrences)</a> ... Multi-Version Concordance Companions (58 Occurrences). ... It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions (WEB DBY). ... /c/companions.htm - 23k<a href="/topical/c/colleagues.htm">Colleagues (8 Occurrences)</a> ... Ezra 4:7 In the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the ... /c/colleagues.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/a/associates.htm">Associates (26 Occurrences)</a> ... Ezra 4:7 In the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the ... /a/associates.htm - 14k<a href="/topical/t/tattenai.htm">Tattenai (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a ... /t/tattenai.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/t/tatnai.htm">Tatnai (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath ... /t/tatnai.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/t/tat'tenai.htm">Tat'tenai (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them: 'Who gave ... /t/tat'tenai.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/t/trans-euphrates.htm">Trans-euphrates (12 Occurrences)</a> ... Ezra 4:17 Then sent the king an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and in ... /t/trans-euphrates.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/s/shetharboznai.htm">Shetharboznai (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath ... /s/shetharboznai.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/s/shethar-boznai.htm">Shethar-boznai (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Ezra 5:3 At that time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus to them: Who gave you ... /s/shethar-boznai.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/s/shethar-bozenai.htm">Shethar-bozenai (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who gave ... /s/shethar-bozenai.htm - 9k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Macedonian-Call.html">What is the Macedonian Call? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Gaius-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Gaius in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/fraternity-sorority-Christian.html">Should a Christian join a fraternity / sorority? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/companions.htm">Companions: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Companions (58 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/11-16.htm">Matthew 11:16</a> "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions (WEB DBY)<a href="/matthew/12-3.htm">Matthew 12:3</a> But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him; (See NAS NIV)<a href="/matthew/12-4.htm">Matthew 12:4</a> how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests? (See NIV)<a href="/mark/1-36.htm">Mark 1:36</a> Simon and those who were with him followed after him; (See NAS NIV)<a href="/mark/2-25.htm">Mark 2:25</a> He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry-he, and those who were with him? (See NAS NIV)<a href="/mark/2-26.htm">Mark 2:26</a> How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?" (See NIV)<a href="/mark/5-40.htm">Mark 5:40</a> They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child, her mother, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying. (See NAS)<a href="/mark/16-20.htm">Mark 16:20</a> They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen. (See NAS)<a href="/luke/5-9.htm">Luke 5:9</a> For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken; (YLT RSV)<a href="/luke/6-3.htm">Luke 6:3</a> Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him; (See NIV)<a href="/luke/6-4.htm">Luke 6:4</a> how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?" (See NAS NIV)<a href="/luke/9-32.htm">Luke 9:32</a> Now Peter and those who were with him were overcome with sleep: but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who were with him. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/acts/4-23.htm">Acts 4:23</a> Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. (See NAS)<a href="/acts/13-13.htm">Acts 13:13</a> Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/acts/16-6.htm">Acts 16:6</a> Then Paul and his companions passed through Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to proclaim the Message in the province of Asia. (WEY NIV)<a href="/acts/18-19.htm">Acts 18:19</a> They put in at Ephesus, and there Paul left his companions behind. As for himself, he went to the synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews. (WEY)<a href="/acts/19-29.htm">Acts 19:29</a> The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel. (WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/20-34.htm">Acts 20:34</a> You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me. (See NIV)<a href="/acts/21-8.htm">Acts 21:8</a> On the next day, we, who were Paul's companions, departed, and came to Caesarea. We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. (WEB)<a href="/acts/26-13.htm">Acts 26:13</a> at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me. (See NIV)<a href="/1_corinthians/16-4.htm">1 Corinthians 16:4</a> And if it is worth while for me also to make the journey, they shall go as my companions. (WEY)<a href="/hebrews/1-9.htm">Hebrews 1:9</a> Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Thy God, has anointed Thee with the oil of gladness beyond Thy companions." (WEY DBY NAS NIV)<a href="/hebrews/3-14.htm">Hebrews 3:14</a> For we are become companions of the Christ if indeed we hold the beginning of the assurance firm to the end; (DBY)<a href="/hebrews/10-33.htm">Hebrews 10:33</a> Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. (KJV WBS)<a href="/judges/11-37.htm">Judges 11:37</a> She said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions." (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)<a href="/judges/11-38.htm">Judges 11:38</a> He said, "Go." He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/judges/14-11.htm">Judges 14:11</a> It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/20-11.htm">Judges 20:11</a> And every man of Israel is gathered unto the city, as one man -- companions. (YLT)<a href="/2_kings/9-2.htm">2 Kings 9:2</a> And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber. (See NIV)<a href="/ezra/4-7.htm">Ezra 4:7</a> In the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian character, and set forth in the Syrian language. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/ezra/4-9.htm">Ezra 4:9</a> then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites, (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/ezra/4-17.htm">Ezra 4:17</a> Then sent the king an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River: Peace, and so forth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/ezra/4-23.htm">Ezra 4:23</a> Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/ezra/5-3.htm">Ezra 5:3</a> At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/ezra/5-6.htm">Ezra 5:6</a> The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/ezra/6-6.htm">Ezra 6:6</a> Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, you must stay far from there. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/ezra/6-13.htm">Ezra 6:13</a> Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had sent, did accordingly with all diligence. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/job/35-4.htm">Job 35:4</a> I will answer you, and your companions with you. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/job/41-6.htm">Job 41:6</a> Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? (KJV WBS YLT)<a href="/psalms/38-11.htm">Psalms 38:11</a> My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. (See JPS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/45-7.htm">Psalms 45:7</a> Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions. (DBY YLT NIV)<a href="/psalms/45-14.htm">Psalms 45:14</a> She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/88-8.htm">Psalms 88:8</a> Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. (See RSV)<a href="/psalms/88-18.htm">Psalms 88:18</a> Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/122-8.htm">Psalms 122:8</a> For my brothers' and companions' sakes, I will now say, "Peace be within you." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/proverbs/18-24.htm">Proverbs 18:24</a> A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. (WEB NIV)<a href="/songs/1-7.htm">Song of Songs 1:7</a> Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/songs/8-13.htm">Song of Songs 8:13</a> Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Isaiah 1:23</a> Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/44-11.htm">Isaiah 44:11</a> Lo, all his companions are ashamed, As to artizans -- they 'are' of men, All of them gather together, they stand up, They fear, they are ashamed together. (YLT NAS)<a href="/jeremiah/13-21.htm">Jeremiah 13:21</a> What will you say, when he shall set over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? shall not sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail? (See NAS)<a href="/ezekiel/37-16.htm">Ezekiel 37:16</a> You, son of man, take one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: Hosea (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/ezekiel/37-19.htm">Ezekiel 37:19</a> tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand. (WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS)<a href="/daniel/2-13.htm">Daniel 2:13</a> So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain. (WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT RSV)<a href="/daniel/2-17.htm">Daniel 2:17</a> Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/daniel/2-18.htm">Daniel 2:18</a> that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. (WEB JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/daniel/7-20.htm">Daniel 7:20</a> and concerning the ten horns that 'are' in its heads, and of the other that came up, and before which three have fallen, even of that horn that hath eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and whose appearance 'is' great above its companions. (YLT)<a href="/zechariah/3-8.htm">Zechariah 3:8</a> Hear, I pray thee, Joshua, the high priest, Thou and thy companions sitting before thee, (For men of type 'are' they,) For lo, I am bringing in My servant -- a Shoot. 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