10 Bible Verses about Divine Friendship

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Jesus wept.

Then the Jews said, Behold how he loved him!

And one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was seated at the table beside Jesus.

From now on I do not call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his lord does; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

And the LORD would speak unto Moses face to face, as anyone would speak unto their friend. And he would turn again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart out of the tabernacle.

With him I will speak mouth to mouth and by sight not by enigmas; he shall see the similitude of the LORD. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my slave Moses?

And there never arose a prophet since in Israel like Moses, who had known the LORD face to face,

Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel and didst give it to the seed of Abraham, thy friend, for ever?

And that the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness, and he was called the Friend of God.