30 Bible Verses about friendliness

Adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity (hatred) (hostility) toward God? Whoever would be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Or do you think the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the attitude of the heart (mental disposition) that he induced to live in us cause us to envy?

Let your gentleness (mildness) (moderation) be known to all men for the Lord is near.

You are my friends if you do the things that I command you.

The place Jehovah your God will choose to put his name may be too far away. He may bless you with so much that you cannot carry the tithe of your income that far.

Many ask favors of the prince. Every man is a friend of a person who gives gifts.

Foreigners living among you will be like your own people. Love them as you love yourself, because you were foreigners living in Egypt. I am Jehovah your God.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, brotherly, tenderhearted, and humble.

A man named Publius, who was the governor of the island, had property around the area. He welcomed us and treated us kindly. We were his guests for three days.

Better is a bowel of soup where there is love, than a steak with someone you hate.

If you see your enemy's cow or donkey running loose, take it back to him.

Do not neglect the Levites who live in your towns. They have no property of their own.

Anyone who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. Anyone who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.

Use the silver to buy whatever you want: cattle, sheep, goats, wine, liquor-whatever you choose. Then you and your family will eat and enjoy yourselves there in the presence of Jehovah your God.

Beloved let us love one another, for love is from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them. They hated Joseph and could not speak to him in a friendly way.

At the end of every third year bring the tithe of all your crops and store it in your towns.

Now you too have proved to be of no help. You see something dreadful and are afraid.

You shall surely tithe all the produce from what you sow, which comes out of the field every year.

Boaz came from Bethlehem. He said to the grain-cutters, Jehovah is with you. They answered: Jehovah gives you his blessing.

If so, exchange the tenth part of your income for silver. Take the silver with you, and go to the place Jehovah your God will choose.

You shall eat in the presence of Jehovah your God, at the place where He chooses to establish his name, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to respect Jehovah your God always.

Then the king said to the prophet: Come home with me and have something to eat. I will reward you for what you have done.

The first woe is past. There are two more woes to come.

This food is for the Levites, since they own no property, and for the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your towns. They are to come and get all they need. Do this, and Jehovah your God will bless you in everything you do.

On the day of the king's celebration, the officials become drunk from the heat of wine, and the king joins mockers.

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily and he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

He said to them: Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready. This day is holy to our Lord. Let there be no grief in your hearts. The joy of Jehovah is your strong place.

So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

Jesus said to his host: When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors. They will invite you back, and in this way you will be paid for what you did.