42 Bible Verses about Best Friends

Even the man whom I used to salute, in whom I put confidence, who used to eat my bread, - hath magnified his heel against me!

All the men of mine intimate circle abhor me, and, these whom I loved, have turned against me;

Do not trust in a friend, do not put confidence in an associate, - from her that lieth in thy bosom, keep thou the doors of thy mouth;

At all times, doth a friend love, and, a brother for distress, must be born.

But it is, thou, a man esteemed as mine equal, mine associate, and mine acquaintance;

Greater love than this, hath, no one, That, his life, one should lay down in behalf of his friends.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but lavished are the kisses of an enemy.

A perverse man, sendeth forth strife, and, a tattler, separateth intimate friends.

Ye, are, friends of mine, if ye be doing that which, I, am commanding you.

Oil and perfume, rejoice the heart, the sweetness of one's friend, more than fragrant wood.

Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me, - Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth!

He that hideth a transgression, seeketh love, but, he that repeateth a matter, separateth intimate friends.

Failed me, have my near of kin, and, mine intimate acquaintances, have forgotten me;

The righteous man guideth his neighbour, but, the way of the lawless, leadeth them astray.

A man having many friends, shall come to ruin, but there is a loving one, who sticketh closer than a brother.

Wealth, addeth many friends, but, the poor man, from his own friend, is parted.

Intimacy with Yahweh, have they who revere him, His covenant also, he letteth them know.

Thou hast far removed from me, lover and friend, Mine acquaintances, are in darkness.

And the scripture was fulfilled which saith - And Abraham believed God, And it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and, God's friend, was he called:

Beloved! let us be loving one another; because, love, is, of God, and, whosoever loveth, of God, hath been born, and is getting to understand God:

Every one, of his neighbour, beware ye, And in no brother, may ye trust, - For, every brother, supplanteth! And every neighbour, as a tale-bearer, goeth about;

Now when the three friends of Job heard of all this misfortune which had befallen him, - they came, every man from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, - for they had by appointment met together to come to shew sympathy with him, and to comfort him.

Thine own friend and thy father's friend, do not thou forsake; but, the house of thy brother, do not enter, in thy day of calamity, Better a neighbour near, than a brother far off.

As I was, in the days of my prime, when, the intimacy of GOD, was over my tent;

My lovers, and my friends, from before my stroke, stand aloof, - and, my near ones, far away, do stand:

Do not have friendship with one given to anger, and, with a wrathful man, shall thou not enter in:

No longer, do I call you, servants, for, the servant, knoweth not what, his lord, is doing. But, you, I have called, friends, because, all things which I heard from my Father, made I known unto you.

A kind man one may call, a great man, - but, a faithful man, who can find?

Yahweh loveth the pure in heart, gracious are his lips, his friend is the king!

All the brethren of a poor man, hate him, how much more have, his friends, gone far from him, he may hunt up promises - there are none.

For it is, not an enemy, that reproacheth me, Or I could bear it, - Not one that hath hated me, who, against me, hath magnified himself, Or I might hide myself from him;

He that hath the bride, is, bridegroom; but, the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth by and hearkeneth unto him, greatly, rejoiceth, by reason of the voice of the bridegroom. This, my joy, therefore, is fulfilled.

Be not deceiving yourselves, - evil communications corrupt gentle manners: -

Let, iron, by iron, become sharp, and let, a man, sharpen the face of his friend.

He that walketh with the wise, becometh wise, but, the friend of dullards, becometh foolish.

For, if the one should fall, the other would raise up his companion, - but alas! for him who is alone when he falleth, with no second to raise him up!

And, I, unto you, say - For yourselves, make ye friends, with the unjust Riches, in order that, as soon as it shall fail, they may welcome you into the age-abiding tents.

So that together have we been wont to find sweetness in counsel, In the house of God, used we to walk in the throng.

A brother estranged, is worse than a strong city, - and, contentions, are as the bar of a citadel.

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, so that Jonathan loved him, as his own soul.

And they became friends - both Herod and Pilate - on the self-same day, one with another; for they had previously been at enmity between themselves.

He that blesseth his friend, with a loud voice, in the morning early, a reproach, shall it be reckoned to him.