37 Bible Verses about Friendship Kjv
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A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
Do not forsake your friend and 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 who is far away.
One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms;
He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise,
All a poor man's brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.
Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it"--when you have it with you.
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother. And Jonadab was a very crafty man.
You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death.
The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.
then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor.
You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever.
and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"--and he was called a friend of God.
And the LORDrestored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger,
Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you came to do." Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.
Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?
You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
for the devious person is an abomination to the LORD, but the upright are in his confidence.
A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
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