41 Bible Verses about Friendship And Love

Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.

A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.

You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.

I am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.

My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.

Better is open protest than love kept secret.

There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.

He who keeps a sin covered is looking for love; but he who keeps on talking of a thing makes division between friends.

No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.

But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.

He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?

All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.

The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me.

Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.

Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.

And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;

The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.

Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.

And the Lord said to me, Give your love again to a woman who has a lover and is false to her husband, even as the Lord has love for the children of Israel, though they are turned to other gods and are lovers of grape-cakes.

Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.

So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.

They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.

For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.

My relations and my near friends have given me up, and those living in my house have put me out of their minds.

But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:

I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.

Give one another the kiss of love. Peace be to you all in Christ.

I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.

That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.