Exodus 33:11
The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.

Christ and the Church : analogy is Marriage
God and an individual (Moses) : analogy is Friendship

Ecclesiastes 4
7 Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:
8 There was a man all alone;
he had neither son nor brother.
There was no end to his toil,
yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.
"For whom am I toiling," he asked,
"and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?"
This too is meaningless—
a miserable business!
9 Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their work:
10 If one falls down,
his friend can help him up.
But pity the man who falls
and has no one to help him up!

Job 19:13-19
13 "He has alienated my brothers from me;
my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14 My kinsmen have gone away;
my friends have forgotten me.
15 My guests and my maidservants count me a stranger;
they look upon me as an alien.
16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
I am loathsome to my own brothers.
18 Even the little boys scorn me;
when I appear, they ridicule me.
19 All my intimate friends detest me;
those I love have turned against me.

Friendship in the Proverbs
People make mistakes in friendship!
· Selfish motives devalue friendship.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

Proverbs 19:4
Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man's friend deserts him.

Proverbs 19:6
Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of a man who gives gifts.

Proverbs 19:7
A poor man is shunned by all his relatives— how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he pursues them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.

· Friendships are fragile – loose speech can shatter them.
Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.

Proverbs 17:9
He who covers over an offence promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

Choose your friends
Avoid…
Proverbs 12:26
A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 22:24
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered,

Seek..
“Stickability”
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 18:24
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

“Honesty”
Proverbs 27:6
Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.

Proverbs 27:9
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.
Proverbs 27:17
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
“Enabling one another to become mature disciples of Christ”

“Availability”
Proverbs 27:10
Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbour nearby than a brother far away.