37 Bible Verses about Friendship And Trust

Trust ye not in a neighbor. Put ye not confidence in a friend. Keep the doors of thy mouth from her who lays in thy bosom.

Take ye heed each one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother, for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

But it was thou, a man my equal, my companion, and my familiar friend.

Yea, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

and that is, to be mutually encouraged among you through each other's faith, both yours and mine.

The friendship of LORD is with those who fear him, and he will show them his covenant.

And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in LORD your God, so shall ye be establ

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

A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city, and [such] contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?

He who makes many friends [does it] to his own destruction, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

And he said to them, Which of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,

Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

And ye will be betrayed even by parents, and kinsmen, and friends, and brothers. And some of you they will condemn to death.

He who goes around as a tale-bearer reveals secrets, but he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.

My son, fear thou LORD and the king, [and] do not associate with those who are given to change.

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace. By this good shall come to thee.

And they will deceive each one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Many will entreat the favor of a generous man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.

Beloved, if our heart should not condemn us, we have confidence toward God,

A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

In the fear of LORD is strong confidence, and his sons shall have a place of refuge.

Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, and thou shall not go with a wrathful man,

And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.

He has put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him. He has profaned his covenant.

Did thou not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham thy friend forever?

But ye beloved, building up yourselves in your most holy faith, praying in Holy Spirit,

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Forsake not thine own friend, and thy father's friend. And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.

Therefore encourage each other, and build ye up one by one, just as ye also are doing.

thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,

But we are persuaded better things about you, beloved, and things that have salvation, even though we speak this way.

And LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend, and he turned again into the camp. But his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart out of the tent.

All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee on thy way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee. [Those who eat] thy bread lay a snare under thee. There is no unde