Sirach 6:14-17

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁴ Faithful friends are a sturdy shelter:
    whoever finds one has found a treasure.
¹⁵ Faithful friends are beyond price;
    no amount can balance their worth.
¹⁶ Faithful friends are life-saving medicine;
    and those who fear the Lord will find them.
¹⁷ Those who fear the Lord direct their friendship aright,
    for as they are, so are their neighbors also.