10 Bible Verses about Divine Friendship

And Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Jesus wept.

Then the Jews said, Behold how He loved him!

But there was one of His disciples leaning upon Jesus' bosom, the one whom Jesus loved.

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master does. But I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

And Jehovah would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he turned again to the camp. But his servant, Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the middle of the tabernacle.

I will speak with him mouth to mouth, even clearly, and not in dark speeches. And he shall behold the likeness of Jehovah. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?

And never since has a prophet like Moses arisen in Israel, whom Jehovah knew face to face,

Are You not our God? Did You not drive out the people of this land before Israel, and give it to the seed of Your friend Abraham forever?

And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness, and he was called the friend of God."