28 Bible Verses about Friends

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Luke 14:12

Then He proceeded to say to the man who invited Him: "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, stop the social custom of inviting your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors, for they may invite you in return and so you will be repaid.

Matthew 5:47

And if you say 'Good morning' to your brothers only, what more than others are you doing?

Luke 11:8

I tell you, although he will not get up and give you any because he is your friend, yet because of your persistence he will get up and give you all your needs.

3 John 1:14

I hope to see you very soon and will talk it over face to face. Goodbye. Our friends wish to be remembered to you. Remember me to our friends individually.

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Burial » Attended by » Attendance » Friends

Luke 7:12

As He approached the gate of the town, look, there was being carried out a dead man, his mother's only son, and she was a widow! A considerable crowd of townspeople were with her.

Christ's » Attitude toward children » Friends

John 11:35-36

Jesus burst into tears. So the Jews said, "See how tenderly 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 keep on doing what I command you to do. I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not know what his master is doing; I now call you friends, because I have told 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 home; he even went inside and was sitting among the attendants to see how it would end.

Friends » False friends » Judas iscariot

Matthew 26:48-49

Now His betrayer had given them a signal by saying, "The one I kiss is He. Seize Him!" And he went straight up to Jesus and said, "Good evening, Rabbi," and affectionately 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 a goodly number of Jews had come out to see Martha and Mary, to sympathize with them over their brother.

Fake Friends

2 Corinthians 11:26

I have served Him on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from the heathen, dangers in the city, dangers in the desert, dangers at sea, dangers from false brothers,

Friends Failing

Matthew 26:50

Jesus said to him, "My friend, do what you came for." Then they came up, laid hands on Jesus, and arrested Him.

Gathering Friends

Matthew 17:22

While they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be turned over into the hands of men,

Good Friends

Romans 16:3-5

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

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