37 Bible Verses about Friendship And Trust

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.

"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.

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

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

Even {my close friend}, whom I trusted, [who] ate my bread, has lifted [his] heel against me.

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

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

And they rose up early in the morning and went out to the desert of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, and you shall be established! Believe in his prophets, and you shall succeed!"

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

A brother who is offended [is worse] than a city of strength, and quarrels [are] like the bars of a fortification.

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

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

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,

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,

And you will be handed over even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put to death [some] of you.

A gossip walks [about] telling a secret, but the trustworthy in spirit keeps [the] matter.

Fear Yahweh, my son, and the king; with those who change, do not associate.

A bad tooth and a lame foot [is] the trust of a faithless person {in a time} of trouble.

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

"Please reconcile yourself with him, and be at peace; {in this way}, good will come to you.

And everyone deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak [the] truth, they have taught their tongues to speak lies, they are tired [from] going astray.

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

Dear friends, if our heart does not condemn [us], we have confidence before God,

A person of violence will entice his neighbor and cause him to walk on a way [that is] not good.

In the fear of Yahweh, there is confidence of strength, and for his children, there will be refuge.

Do not befriend an owner of {anger}, and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;

So Jonathan the son of Saul got up and went to David [at] Horesh, and {encouraged him} through God.

He has put forth his hands against {his friends}; he has defiled his covenant.

O, our God, did you yourself not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it to the descendants of Abraham your friend forever?

But you, dear friends, [by] building yourselves up in your most holy faith, [by] praying in the Holy Spirit,

{When} he finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan became attached to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his [own] soul.

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.

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

Think the same [thing] toward one another; {do not think arrogantly}, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise {in your own sight}.

But even if we are speaking in this way, dear friends, we are convinced of better [things] concerning you, and belonging to salvation.

And Yahweh would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his neighbor. And he would return to the camp, and his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the middle of the tent.

All of your {allies} have driven you up to the boundary; your {confederates} have deceived you and have prevailed against you. [Those who eat] your bread have set an ambush for you, there is no understanding of it.