45 Bible Verses about Family And Friends

But ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren and relations and friends, and they shall put to death some from among you,

For my brethren and companions' sakes I will say, Peace be within thee!

The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have cried aloud after thee. Believe them not, though they speak good words unto thee.

A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

and they of his household shall be a man's enemies.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;

My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me.

And they said to her, There is no one among thy kinsfolk who is called by this name.

But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. ...

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

And his relatives having heard of it went out to lay hold on him, for they said, He is out of his mind.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

And he suffered him not, but says to him, Go to thine home to thine own people, and tell them how great things the Lord has done for thee, and has had mercy on thee.

And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.

And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.

And if ye should salute your brethren only, what do ye extraordinary? Do not also the Gentiles the same?

And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord, but first allow me to bid adieu to those at my house.

The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.

Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.

And he said to them, Verily I say to you, There is no one who has left home, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

Believe ye not in a companion, put not confidence in a familiar friend: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

Return to thine house and relate how great things God has done for thee. And he went away through the whole city, publishing how great things Jesus had done for him.

All the brethren of a poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him: he pursueth them with words, they are not to be found.

If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he had prayed for his friends; and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

And Job answered Jehovah and said,

Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you.

Wealth addeth many friends; but the poor is separated from his friend.

I call you no longer bondmen, for the bondman does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known to you.

He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.

God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

He that is poor is hated even of his own neighbour; but the rich hath many friends.

So then, as we have occasion, let us do good towards all, and specially towards those of the household of faith.

For had my father and my mother forsaken me, then had Jehovah taken me up.

And it came to pass when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not a male, neither of his kinsmen nor of his friends.

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence thy kinswoman:

There is one alone and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and he saith not, For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation.

He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.

And every one who has left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit life eternal.

And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go into captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and there thou shalt be buried, thou and all thy friends to whom thou hast prophesied falsehood.

and against his three friends was his anger kindled, because they found no answer, and yet condemned Job.

But he answering said to them, My mother and my brethren are those who hear the word of God and do it.

And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?