28 Bible Verses about Friends

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Luke 14:12

And he said to the man who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors, for then they will invite you in return and you will be repaid.

Matthew 5:47

And if you are polite to your brothers and no one else, what is there remarkable in that? Do not the very heathen do that?

Luke 11:8

I tell you, even if he will not get up and give him some because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him all he needs.

3 John 1:14

I hope to see you very soon and we will talk face to face. Goodbye. Our friends wish to be remembered to you. Remember me to our friends, every one.

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Luke 7:12

As he came up to the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out; he was his mother's only son, and she was a widow. A crowd of the townspeople was with her.

Christ's » Attitude toward children » Friends

John 11:35-36

Jesus shed tears. So the Jews said, "See how much 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 to do. I do not call you slaves any longer, for a slave does not know what his master is doing, but now I call you friends, for I have made known to you everything that I have learned from my Father.

Friends » False friends » Jesus' disciples ran away

Matthew 26:58

And Peter followed him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest's house, and he went inside and sat down among the attendants to see how it came out.

Friends » False friends » Judas iscariot

Matthew 26:48-49

Now the man who betrayed him gave them a signal, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Seize him!" And he went straight up to Jesus and said, "Good evening, Master!" and kissed him affectionately.

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 a number of Jews had come out to see Mary and Martha, to condole with them about their brother.

Fake Friends

2 Corinthians 11:26

with my frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from the heathen, danger in the city, danger in the desert, danger at sea, danger from false brothers,

Friends Failing

Matthew 26:50

Jesus said to him, "My friend, what are you here for?" Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and secured him.

Gathering Friends

Matthew 17:22

As they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be handed over to men,

Good Friends

Romans 16:3-5

Remember me to Prisca and Aquila, my fellow-workers in the cause of Christ Jesus,

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