Philippians 1:3

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

The Preacher praises companionship: two are better than one, they lift each other up, and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Many couples see God as the third strand.

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

Jesus calls His disciples friends, not servants, and tells them what He has heard from the Father.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

Before they said a word, Job’s friends sat with him on the ground for seven days. Sometimes being there is the help.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

As iron sharpens iron, good friends make each other better.

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

Written after disaster: God’s mercies have not run out. They are new every morning.