42 Bible Verses about Best Friends

Most Relevant Verses

Job 19:19

All my closest friends are disgusted with me. Those I love have turned against me.

Psalm 88:8

You have taken my friends far away from me. You made me disgusting to them. I am shut in, and I cannot get out.

Jeremiah 9:4

Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor. Do not trust any brother because every brother deals craftily (cunningly), and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

Job 2:11

Job's three friends heard about all the terrible things that happened to him. Each of them came from his home: Eliphaz of Teman, Bildad of Shuah, and Zophar of Naama. They agreed they would go together to sympathize with Job and comfort him.

Job 29:4

I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent.

Proverbs 22:11

He who loves pureness of heart, for the charm of his lips the king will be his friend.

Psalm 55:12

If an enemy had insulted me, then I could tolerate it. If someone who hated me had attacked me, then I could hide from him.

Ecclesiastes 4:10

If they fall, the one will lift up his companion. Woe to him who is alone when he falls for he has no one to help him.

1 Samuel 18:1

David finished talking to Saul. Jonathan became David's closest friend. He loved David as much as he loved himself.

Luke 23:12

Herod and Pilate became friends that day. Before that time they were at enmity.

Proverbs 27:14

He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

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