42 Bible Verses about Friendship And Love

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;

I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

Better is open reproof than hidden love.

A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.

But thou, a man -- as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance.

For the sake of my brethren and my companions, Let me speak, I pray thee, 'Peace be in thee.'

Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace are his lips, a king is his friend.

A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

Abominate me do all the men of my counsel, And those I have loved, Have been turned against me.

The secret of Jehovah is for those fearing Him, And His covenant -- to cause them to know.

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.

and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, 'And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;' and, 'Friend of God' he was called.

Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.

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

Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich are many.

The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

And not only so, but we are also boasting in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom now we did receive the reconciliation;

Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.

And Jehovah saith unto me: 'Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the loved of Jehovah, the sons of Israel, and they are turning unto other gods, and are lovers of grape-cakes.'

Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better is a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, 'Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;'

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

Each of his friend -- beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,

And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

for we have much joy and comfort in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar friends have forgotten me,

-- And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,

'I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need;

Salute ye one another in a kiss of love; peace to you all who are in Christ Jesus! Amen.

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved -- What do ye tell him? that I am sick with love!

and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.