Ruth 1:14

²⁴A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

³⁷He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

⁶⁶At this, many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him. ⁶⁷Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go away, do you?”

⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. ⁶⁹We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

²²But when the young man heard this, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

³⁹But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.

¹For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob.

¹⁷A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

²⁰Elisha left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” He said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?”

²⁰You shall fear the LORD your God. You shall serve him. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.