37 Bible Verses about Friendship And Trust

Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.

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

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

The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.

They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you shall be established! Believe his prophets, so you shall prosper."

My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him.

You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.

One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don't join those who are rebellious:

Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

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

"Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.

They will deceive everyone 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 ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

Beloved, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have boldness toward God;

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

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

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

He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.

Didn't you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham your friend forever?

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

It happened, 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.

Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits.

But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.

Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn't depart out of the Tent.

All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him."