43 Bible Verses about Family And Friends

But you will be given up even by your fathers and mothers, your brothers and relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death.

A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

For even your brothers, your father's family, even they have been untrue to you, crying loudly after you: have no faith in them, though they say fair words to you.

There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

And a man will be hated by those of his house.

I have become strange to my brothers, and like a man from a far country to my mother's children.

My relations and my near friends have given me up, and those living in my house have put me out of their minds.

And they said, Not one of your relations has that name.

But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.

Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.

And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.

And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.

And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.

The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God,

Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.

Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.

All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...

And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

And the Lord made up to Job for all his losses, after he had made prayer for his friends: and all Job had before was increased by the Lord twice as much.

And Job said in answer to the Lord,

You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.

Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.

No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.

He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

When my father and my mother are turned away from me, then the Lord will be my support.

And straight away when he became king and took his place on the seat of the kingdom, he put to death all the family of Baasha: not one male child of his relations or his friends kept his life.

Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:

It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.

And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.

And you, Pashhur, and all who are in your house, will go away prisoners: you will come to Babylon, and there your body will be put to rest, you and all your friends, to whom you said false words.

And he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear.

But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I may be a friend to him, because of Jonathan?