37 Bible Verses about Friendship And Trust

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.

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.

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

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

Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.

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

And early in the morning they got up and went out to the waste land of Tekoa: and when they were going out, Jehoshaphat took his station and said to them, Give ear to me, O Judah and you people of Jerusalem: have faith in the Lord your God and you will be safe; have faith in his prophets and all will go well for you.

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

A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.

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

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

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;

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.

But you will be given up even by your fathers and mothers, your brothers and relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death.

He who goes about talking of others makes secrets public, but the true-hearted man keeps things covered.

My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:

Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.

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

Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.

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.

My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;

A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.

For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.

Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;

He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.

Did you not, O Lord our God, after driving out the people of this land before your people Israel, give it to the seed of Abraham, your friend, for ever?

But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,

Now after David's talk with Saul was ended, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and David became as dear to him as his very life.

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

Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.

But, my loved ones, though we say this, we are certain that you have better things in you, things which go with salvation;

And the Lord had talk with Moses face to face, as a man may have talk with his friend. And when Moses came back to the tents, his servant, the young man Joshua, the son of Nun, did not come away from the Tent.

All the men who were united with you have been false to you, driving you out to the edge of the land: the men who were at peace with you have overcome you; they have taken their heritage in your place.