28 Bible Verses about Friends

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Luke 14:12

Then he also said to the one who invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers, your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.

Matthew 5:47

And if you greet only your brethren, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

Luke 11:8

I tell you, though he will not get up and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as much as he needs.

3 John 1:14

I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name.

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Burial » Attended by » Attendance » Friends

Luke 7:12

As he came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her.

Christ's » Attitude toward children » Friends

John 11:35-36

Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, "See how he loved him!"

Friends » False friends » David's friends were false to david

More verses: Psalm 55:20-21

Friends » Jesus calls his disciples by this term

John 15:14-15

You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

Friends » False friends » Jesus' disciples ran away

Matthew 26:58

But Peter followed him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. He entered and sat down with the guards to see the end.

Friends » False friends » Judas iscariot

Matthew 26:48-49

Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is the man; seize him." And at once he went up to Jesus and said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" and kissed him.

Friends » False friends » Delilah was false to samson

Friends » False friends » Ahithophel was false to david

Friends » False friends » David was false to joab

Friends » False friends » The ephraimite's wife

Friends » False friends » Instances of » Pharaoh's butler was false to joseph

Friends » False friends » David was false to uriah

Friendship » Friends

Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Friends

Topics on Friends

Comfort, Of Friends

John 11:19

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother.

Fake Friends

2 Corinthians 11:26

I have been on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, in danger from robbers, in danger from my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles, in danger in the city, in danger in the wilderness, in danger at sea, and in danger from false brethren;

Friends Failing

Matthew 26:50

Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.

Gathering Friends

Matthew 17:22

Now while they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men,

Good Friends

Romans 16:3-5

Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

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