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 that lieth in thy bosom.

Take ye heed every 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 mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.

that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

The friendship of Jehovah is with them that 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 Jehovah your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

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 kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and'some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; But he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth a matter.

My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like 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: Thereby good shall come unto thee.

And they will deceive every 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 the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;

A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refuge.

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.

But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak:

And Jehovah spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the Tent.

All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee on thy way, even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread lay a snare under thee: there is no understanding in him.