45 Bible Verses about Family And Friends

And you shall be betrayed also by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends. And they will cause some of you to be put to death.

For my brothers and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within you.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for the time of trouble.

For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you. Yea, they have called a multitude after you. Do not believe them, though they speak good things to you.

A man who has friends may be broken up, but there is a Lover who sticks closer than a brother.

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

I have become a stranger to My brothers, and a foreigner to My mother's children.

My people have fallen away, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

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

but it is you, a man my rank, my guide and my friend.

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

My lovers and my friends stand apart from my plague; and my neighbors stand far off.

And hearing, those with Him went out to take hold of Him; for they said, He is insane.

Your own friend, and your father's friend, do not forsake them; nor go to your brother's house in the day of your trouble; better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

However Jesus did not allow him, but said to him, Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and has had mercy on you.

And I looked and rose up, and said to the nobles and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, Do not be afraid of them. Remember Jehovah, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

And He also said to him who invited Him, When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends or your brothers, or your kinsmen, or your rich neighbors; lest they also invite you again, and a recompense be made to you.

And if you greet your brothers only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax-collectors do so?

And another also said, Lord, I will follow You, but first allow me to take leave of those in my house.

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked seduces them.

Everyone beware of his neighbor, and do not trust any brother! For every brother will supplant his neighbor, and will walk with slanders.

And He said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no one who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,

Put no trust in a friend; put no hope in a guide; keep the door of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.

Return to your own house and declare what God has done to you. And he went his way and proclaimed throughout all the city what great things Jesus had done to him.

All the brothers of the poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him? He pursues them with words, yet they are lacking.

If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends. Also Jehovah added to Job all that had been his, to double.

And Job answered Jehovah and said,

You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

Wealth makes many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master does. But I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

God causes the lonely to live at home; He brings out those who are bound with chains; but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich has many friends.

So then as we have time, let us work good toward all, especially toward those of the household of faith.

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

And it happened when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, he killed all the house of Baasha. He did not leave him one who urinated against a wall, nor of his kinsmen, nor of his friends.

Say to wisdom, You are my sister; and call understanding your kinsman,

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother; yet there is no end to all his labor; and his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he says, For whom do I labor and take good from my soul? This is also vanity. Yes, it is an evil business.

He has put my brothers far from me, and my friends have truly turned away from me.

And everyone who left 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 everlasting life.

And you, Pashur, and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity. And you shall come to Babylon, and you shall die there, and shall be buried there; you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.

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

And He answered and said to them, My mother and My brothers are those who hear the Word of God and do it.

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