45 Bible Verses about Family And Friends

But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and'some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

For my brethren and companions'sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; even they have cried aloud after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

and a man's foes'shall be they of his own household.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.

My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.

And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.

And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he had mercy on thee.

And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer me to bid farewell to them that are at my house.

The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or wife, or brethren, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

Return to thy house, and declare how great things God hath done for thee. And he went his way, publishing throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done for him.

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, but they are gone.

If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.

Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.

No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.

And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he smote all the house of Baasha: he left him not a single man-child, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman:

There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then,'saith he , do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.

And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

And thou, Pashhur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go into captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and there shalt thou be buried, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied falsely.

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

But he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God, and do it.

And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?