42 Bible Verses about Friendship And Love

No one has greater love [nor stronger commitment] than to lay down his own life for his friends.

A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend [who corrects out of love and concern],
But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful [because they serve his hidden agenda].

You are my friends if you keep on doing what I command you.

“I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
You have been a good friend to me.
Your love toward me was more wonderful
Than the love of women.

Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience].

You adulteresses [disloyal sinners—flirting with the world and breaking your vow to God]! Do you not know that being the world’s friend [that is, loving the things of the world] is being God’s enemy? So whoever chooses to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Better is an open reprimand [of loving correction]
Than love that is hidden.

The man of too many friends [chosen indiscriminately] will be broken in pieces and come to ruin,
But there is a [true, loving] friend who [is reliable and] sticks closer than a brother.

Wealth makes many friends,
But a poor man is separated from his friend.

He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love,
But he who repeats or gossips about a matter separates intimate friends.

I do not call you servants any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you [My] friends, because I have revealed to you everything that I have heard from My Father.

But it is you, a man my equal and my counsel,
My companion and my familiar friend;

For the sake of my brothers and my friends,
I will now say, “May peace be within you.”

He who loves purity of heart
And whose speech is gracious will have the king as his friend.

Many a man proclaims his own loyalty and goodness,
But who can find a faithful and trustworthy man?

“All the men of my council hate me;
Those I love have turned against me.

The secret [of the wise counsel] of the Lord is for those who fear Him,
And He will let them know His covenant and reveal to them [through His word] its [deep, inner] meaning.

Do not love the world [of sin that opposes God and His precepts], nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

“I love those who love me;
And those who seek me early and diligently will find me.

Oil and perfume make the heart glad;
So does the sweetness of a friend’s counsel that comes from the heart.

And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and this [faith] was credited to him [by God] as righteousness and as conformity to His will,” and he was called the friend of God.

Do not trust in a neighbor [because of the moral corruption in the land];
Do not have confidence in a friend.
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your bosom.

Then He said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves [of bread];

The poor man is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.

The righteous man is a guide to his neighbor,
But the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Not only that, but we also rejoice in God [rejoicing in His love and perfection] through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received and enjoy our reconciliation [with God].

Many will seek the favor of a generous and noble man,
And everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts.

Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman (Gomer) who is beloved by her husband and yet is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love the raisin cakes [used in the feasts in pagan worship].”

Do not abandon your own friend and your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.

So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, he [our brother and Your friend] whom You love is sick.”

Therefore encourage and comfort one another and build up one another, just as you are doing.

“Let everyone beware of his neighbor
And do not trust any brother.
For every brother is a supplanter [like Jacob, a deceiver, ready to grab his brother’s heel],
And every neighbor goes around as a slanderer.

They have repaid me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.

For I have had great joy and comfort and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints (God’s people) have been refreshed through you, my brother.

Finally, believers, rejoice! Be made complete [be what you should be], be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace [enjoy the spiritual well-being experienced by believers who walk closely with God]; and the God of love and peace [the source of lovingkindness] will be with you.

“My relatives have failed [me],
And my intimate friends have forgotten me.

“But you, Israel, My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
The offspring of Abraham My friend,

I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything just because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence and boldness he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

Greet one another with a kiss of love.To all of you who are in Christ, may there be peace.

“I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,
If you find my beloved,
As to what you tell him—
[Say that] I am sick from love [sick from being without him].”

that is, that we may be mutually encouraged and comforted by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.