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Proverbs 18:24
A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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1 Kings 19 20
And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said,“ Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him,“ Go back again, for what have I done to you?”
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Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to His disciples,“ If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
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Matthew 10:37
He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
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Isaiah 14:1
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.
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John 6:66-69
From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.Then Jesus said to the twelve,“ Do you also want to go away?”But Simon Peter answered Him,“ Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
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Matthew 19:22
But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
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Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
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Zechariah 8:23
“ Thus says the Lord of hosts:‘ In those days ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying,“ Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”’”
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Deuteronomy 10:20
You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name.
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Acts 17:34
However, some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
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Mark 10:21-22
Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him,“ One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
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Genesis 31:28
And you did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters. Now you have done foolishly in so doing.
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Genesis 31:55
And early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his sons and daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his place.
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2 Timothy 4 10
for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica— Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.
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Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
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Deuteronomy 4:4
But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.