42 Bible Verses about Friendship And Love
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No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends.
A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a difficult time.
The wounds of a friend are trustworthy,
but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother.
You were such a friend to me.
Your love for me was more wonderful
than the love of women.
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
Adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.
A man with many friends may be harmed,
but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
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Whoever conceals an offense promotes love,
but whoever gossips about it separates friends.
I do not call you slaves anymore, because a slave doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from My Father.
The one who loves a pure heart
and gracious lips—the king is his friend.
All of my best friends despise me,
and those I love have turned against me.
The secret counsel of the Lord
is for those who fear Him,
and He reveals His covenant to them.
Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.
So the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness, and he was called God’s friend.
Do not rely on a friend;
don’t trust in a close companion.
Seal your mouth
from the woman who lies in your arms.
He also said to them: “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
A righteous man is careful in dealing with his neighbor,
but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have now received this reconciliation through Him.
Then the Lord said to me, “Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, just as the Lord loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”
Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend,
and don’t go to your brother’s house
in your time of calamity;
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing.
Everyone has to be on guard against his friend.
Don’t trust any brother,
for every brother will certainly deceive,
and every friend spread slander.
For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Become mature, be encouraged, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you:
if you find my love,
tell him that I am lovesick.
that is, to be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.
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