"Treat older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity" (1 Tim. 5:2).

"One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother" (Pro. 18:24).

"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up" (Eccl. 4:9-10).