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EVERY friend will say: I also am his friend: but there is a friend, that is only a friend in name. Is not this a grief even to death?
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But a companion and a friend shall be turned to an enemy.
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O wicked presumption, whence camest thou to cover the earth with thy malice, and deceitfulness?
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There is a companion who rejoiceth with his friend in his joys, but in the time of trouble, he will be against him.
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There is a companion who condoleth with his friend for his belly's sake, and he will take up a shield against enemy.
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Forget not thy friend in thy mind, and be not unmindful of him in thy riches.
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Consult not with him that layeth a snare for thee, and hide thy counsel from them that envy thee.
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Every counsellor giveth out counsel, but there is one that is a counsellor for himself.
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Beware of a counsellor. And know before what need he hath: for he will devise to his own mind:
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Lest he thrust a stake into the ground, and say to thee: