“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.

Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,

Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”

Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.

Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.

But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.

I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.

For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”

Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.

Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!