45 Bible Verses about Family And Friends

And ye shall be betrayed both by parents and brethren and kinsfolk and friends, and some of you they shall cause to be put to death.

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

A friend loves 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 raised their voice after thee, O congregation; do not believe them, when they speak fair words unto thee.

The man that has friends must show himself to be a friend, and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.

And a man's foes shall be those of his own household.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren and an alien unto my mother's sons.

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, who in my estimation was, my lord, and of my own family.

Even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

My friends and my companions stand aloof from my sore, and my kinsmen stand afar off.

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

Do not forsake thine own friend and thy father's friend, neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity, for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

But Jesus suffered him not but said unto him, Go home to thy friends and family and tell them what great things the Lord has done with thee and how he has had mercy on thee.

Then I looked and rose up and said unto the nobles and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, Do not be 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.

Then said he also to him that invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen nor thy rich neighbours, lest they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

And if ye embrace your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the publicans so?

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee, but let me first go bid farewell those who are at home at my house.

The righteous causes his neighbour to consider: but the way of the wicked causes them to err.

Take heed each one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

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

Do not believe in a friend, do not trust in a prince; from her that lies at thy side, take care, open not thy mouth.

Return to thine own house and tell what great things God has done unto thee. And he went, preaching throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done unto him.

All the brethren of the poor hate him; how much more shall his friends separate themselves from him? He shall seek their friendship and not find it.

If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, and even his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends; also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you.

Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

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.

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

God sets the solitary in families; he brings out those who are bound with chains, but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

The poor is hated even of his own neighbour, but many are those who love the rich.

Therefore as long as we have the opportunity, let us do good unto everyone, especially unto those who are of the household of faith.

For my father and my mother have left me, and the LORD has taken 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 one that pisses against a wall, neither of his kinsfolk, , nor of his friends.

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

It is the man who is alone, without a successor, who has neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity and sore travail.

He has put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintances are verily estranged from me.

And every one that has forsaken houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my name's sake shall receive a hundredfold and shall inherit eternal life.

And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die and shalt be buried there, thou and all those who love thee well, unto whom thou hast prophesied with lies.

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

And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are those who hear the word of God and do it.

And David said, Is anyone left of the house of Saul that I may show him mercy for Jonathan's sake?