To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.