True Friend
Everyone wants a loving friend. But a true friend is honest with us about our shortcomings. Proverbs 27:6 says "Faithful are the wounds of a friend." In verse 5 King Solomon writes "open rebuke is better than hidden love" and in verse 7 he writes "the sweetness of a man's friend gives delight by hardy counsel". So we want friends that are encouraging and positive but we also need friends who will give us good Biblical advice, that will wound us with rebuke and correction, and will be loving all the way through it.