42 Bible Verses about Friendship And Love

No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends.

The friend loves at all times, but a brother is born for adversity.

The wounds of a friend mean well, but the kisses of an enemy are profane.

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

{I am distressed} over you, my brother Jonathan. you [were] very dear to me; your love [was] more wonderful to me than the love of women.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.

Adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes [himself] an enemy of God.

Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden.

A man of [many] friends will come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor will be left by his friends.

He who forgives an affront fosters love, but he who waits on a matter will alienate a friend.

No longer do I call you slaves, because the slave does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything that I have heard from my Father I have revealed to you.

But [it is] you, a man my equal, my friend and confidant.

For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will say, "Peace [be] within you."

He who loves purity of heart [and has]{gracious speech}, his friend [is the] king.

Many a person will proclaim his loyalty [for] himself, but a man [who is] trustworthy, who can find?

All {my intimate friends} abhor me, and these [whom] I have loved have turned against me.

Intimate fellowship with Yahweh [is] for those who fear him, and [he] makes known his covenant to them.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

I love {those who love me}, and those who seek me diligently shall find me.

Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend [is] {personal advice}.

And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness," and he was called God's friend.

Do not put faith in a friend; put no trust in a close friend. Guard the doorways of your mouth from the one who lies in your lap.

And he said to them, "Who of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,

The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the lovers of the rich are many.

A righteous person will seek out his neighbor, but the way of the wicked will lead them astray.

And not only [this], but also [we are] boasting in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Many will seek favor before the generous, and everyone [is] the friend of a man of gifts.

And Yahweh said to me again, "Go, love a woman {who has a lover} and [is] committing adultery, just like the love of Yahweh [for] the children of Israel, but they [are] turning to other gods and love raisin cakes."

As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake [them], and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity. Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.

So the sisters sent [word] to him, saying, "Lord, behold, [the one] whom you love is sick."

Therefore encourage one another and build up {each other}, just as indeed you are doing.

"Let everyone be on your guard against his neighbor, and you must not trust in any brother, for everyone surely betrays, and every neighbor goes about [with] slander.

So they inflicted evil against me in return for good and hatred in return for my love.

For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

Finally, brothers, rejoice, be restored, be encouraged, {be in agreement}, be at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

My relatives have failed, and my close friends have forgotten me.

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you, the {offspring} of Abraham my {friend},

I tell you, even if he does not give him [anything] [after he] gets up because [he] is his friend, at any rate because of his impudence he will get up [and] give him whatever he needs.

Greet one another with a loving kiss. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.

I adjure you, {O maidens of Jerusalem}, if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? [Tell him] that I am {lovesick}!

that is, to be encouraged together with you through {our mutual faith}, both yours and mine.