John 3:29
the bridegroom is he that hath a right to the bride: as for the friend of the bridegroom, who is nigh his person and heareth him, he greatly rejoyces at the voice of the bridegroom: upon this account my joy is compleat.
John 11:11
thus he entertain'd them: and after that, he said to them, our friend Lazarus is asleep; but I am going to awake him.
John 15:14-15
you will be my friends, if you do what I have commanded you.
James 2:23
it was then, that those words of scripture were accomplished, "Abraham believed God, and he was regarded for it as a man of virtue, and was the favourite of God."