37 Bible Verses about Friendship And Trust

Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.

Each of his friend -- beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

But thou, a man -- as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance.

Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.

The secret of Jehovah is for those fearing Him, And His covenant -- to cause them to know.

And they rise early in the morning, and go out to the wilderness of Tekoa, and in their going out Jehoshaphat hath stood and saith, 'Hear me, O Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, remain stedfast in Jehovah your God, and be stedfast; remain stedfast in His prophets, and prosper.'

Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar friends have forgotten me,

A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.

A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

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

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

'And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death;

A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.

Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,

A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, Is the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.

-- And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,

Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase is good.

And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.

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

A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.

In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge.

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God,

He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.

'Art not Thou our God? Thou hast dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Thy people Israel, and dost give it to the seed of Abraham Thy friend to the age,

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

And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul.

Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better is a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

and we are persuaded, concerning you, beloved, the things that are better, and accompanying salvation, though even thus we speak,

And Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses face unto face, as a man speaketh unto his friend; and he hath turned back unto the camp, and his minister Joshua, son of Nun, a youth, departeth not out of the tent.

Unto the border sent thee have all thine allies, Forgotten thee, prevailed over thee, have thy friends, Thy bread they make a snare under thee, There is no understanding in him!