18 Bible Verses about Friendship, Examples Of

As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

And as soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed one another and wept with one another, David weeping the most.

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant have you been to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.

So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram always loved David.

my spirit was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.

I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need,

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains,

But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.

And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

But Ittai answered the king, "As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be."

And Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me as far as Bethel." But Elisha said, "As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel.

There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,

among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."

Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.