FRIENDS
benefits of having: yy 59, 170; w64 739; g63 10/22 3-4
Solomon’s comments on: w77 220
Bible students: km 8/71 3
Christians: w85 5/15 7; w76 117; w75 123; w69 570; g65 9/22 6-7; w64 551, 739-740; w63 580; w62 105-106; w61 298-301; w60 114-115, 508, 531; w58 524; g58 12/8 4; w57 149-150, 406-407; w53 411
clergy and world: w85 5/15 12-13
comforting mourning: g85 4/22 8-9; w80 1/1 27
comments by—
Bacon, Francis: w85 5/15 3
Emerson, Ralph Waldo: w85 5/15 4
correspondence with pen pals: km 2/81 8
cultivating the finest friendship: w85 5/15 8-18
David and Jonathan: w85 5/15 5, 9
discussion: w85 5/15 3-13; g82 3/8 21-23; g82 3/22 16-18; g80 3/8 3-4; w77 67-68; g77 1/8 3-4; yy 59-66; w73 421-424; ad 609-610; g70 6/22 3-8
effect on friendship by eating together: w83 6/15 14-15
enjoyment of, in new system of things: w85 5/15 7; lp 180-181
finding: w85 5/15 4-7; g80 3/8 4; w75 268
friend (companion) of the king: ad 610
“friend of the bridegroom” (Joh 3:29): ad 610
friendship between husband and wife: w78 2/15 4
gestures expressing friendship: ad 165
Greek term: w85 5/15 8
how to cope when friends irritate us: g81 8/22 17-19; w80 12/15 5-6; w78 9/15 18; w72 276
importance of having: w85 5/15 3; g83 4/22 31; w78 10/15 23
Jehovah: w85 5/15 10-11, 13-18; w85 6/15 27; w85 8/15 12-13; w79 4/15 17-18; w78 8/15 13-14; w77 528-529, 532; w76 113-119; yy 65-66, 170, 183-186; w74 309-310; w73 424; tp73 128-130; w71 6; ad 610; te 119; w63 287; w62 107-112; w61 396-397; w59 694; w58 6; w56 265; w48 56; w39 249-250; en 342-343; w31 108-109
Abraham Jehovah’s friend: w85 5/15 10-11; cj 89; w74 309-310; ad 610; im 183-184, 199
enemies of: g70 5/8 27-28
friends uphold his name: w85 5/15 17-18
Jehovah’s Witnesses: w85 5/15 14-18
“other sheep” declared righteous as friends of: w85 12/1 13-18
those whom Jehovah befriends: w85 5/15 10-11
Jesus Christ: w85 5/15 8-11; w79 4/15 17-18; w77 528-529, 532; yy 65-66; w74 371-372; w73 424; ad 610; w70 62; w65 206; w62 108-109; w61 397-398; w59 694; w56 265-266; w48 56-57; en 346-347; w31 108-109
Job’s: ad 939; w70 537; w69 649; w67 31; w66 525-526, 570; w62 261, 419-420; w57 599-602; wl 200-201; g30 1/8 246-253; g30 1/22 281-283
keeping: w85 5/15 6-7; yy 90-91; g74 7/8 3-4; w73 600; w72 276; w71 223; g70 6/22 6; w67 396, 740; g67 7/8 6; w65 206, 484; g65 1/22 6-7; g65 5/22 4; w64 740; w63 483-484; g63 10/22 4; g62 2/8 15; g61 11/8 3; g59 6/8 3-4; g58 12/8 3-4
keeping in touch with: g84 10/8 24-26
love for: w72 739-740; g72 2/8 3-4
loyalty: w85 5/15 5; yy 59-60
“make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous riches” (Lu 16:9): w85 5/15 13-14; w73 63-64
meaning of term: w85 5/15 3, 8; w64 739; g61 4/8 3; g44 3/15 16; w39 249; w38 214; w31 108
opposite sex: g85 6/8 13-15; g85 6/22 20-22
letter on: g85 9/8 28
proving ourselves to be true: w85 5/15 4-7; w68 740; g68 2/8 3-4
putting agreements in writing between: g83 2/8 13-15
requirement for making: w83 12/15 14; w75 199
selecting: w85 7/15 19-20; su 168; g82 3/8 22-23; g80 5/8 10; w77 67-68; w77 293-295; g77 1/8 3-4; yy 61-65; w74 247; w73 157-158; w73 422-424; w71 6-7; te 119-122; g70 6/22 7-8; w65 206-207; w64 739-740; w62 105-110
within congregation: w80 5/1 15-16; w80 6/15 19-22
shallow friendships: w85 5/15 3-4
visiting sick or dying: w80 1/1 24-27
wealth’s disadvantages regarding: w77 678
why so hard to find: w85 5/15 3-4
with world: w85 5/15 11-13; cj 148-150, 156; w76 114-116; tp73 127-130
worldly: w85 7/15 19; w72 475; qm 258-259; g65 9/22 5-6; w64 371; w62 170; w60 112-114, 508, 531; w57 760-761; g56 6/8 3-4; qm55 258-259; w53 495-496; ms53 126; w46 264-266
youths: g82 3/22 16-18; w76 521-522; yy 59-66