37 Bible Verses about Friendship And Trust

Do not trust in a neighbor;
Do not have confidence in a friend.
From her who lies in your bosom
Guard your lips.

“Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
Because every brother deals craftily,
And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.

But it is you, a man my equal,
My companion and my familiar friend;

Even my close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me.

that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him,
And He will make them know His covenant.

They rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, put your trust in the Lord your God and you will be established. Put your trust in His prophets and succeed.”

“My relatives have failed,
And my intimate friends have forgotten me.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.

Many a man proclaims his own loyalty,
But who can find a trustworthy man?

A man of too many friends comes to ruin,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Then He said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;

Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death,

He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets,
But he who is trustworthy conceals a matter.

My son, fear the Lord and the king;
Do not associate with those who are given to change,

Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot
Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

“But you, Israel, My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
Descendant of Abraham My friend,

“Yield now and be at peace with Him;
Thereby good will come to you.

“Everyone deceives his neighbor
And does not speak the truth,
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They weary themselves committing iniquity.

Many will seek the favor of a generous man,
And every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

A man of violence entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.

In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence,
And his children will have refuge.

Do not associate with a man given to anger;
Or go with a hot-tempered man,

And Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David at Horesh, and encouraged him in God.

He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him;
He has violated his covenant.

Did You not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever?

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.

Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way.

Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

“All the men allied with you
Will send you forth to the border,
And the men at peace with you
Will deceive you and overpower you.
They who eat your bread
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is no understanding in him.)