30 Bible Verses about friendliness

O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.

Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?

Let your gentle behaviour be clear to all men. The Lord is near.

You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.

And if the way is so long that you are not able to take these things to the place marked out by the Lord your God for his name, when he has given you his blessing, because it is far away from you;

Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.

Let him be to you as one of your countrymen and have love for him as for yourself; for you were living in a strange land, in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:

Now near that place there was some land, the property of the chief man of the island, who was named Publius; who very kindly took us into his house as his guests for three days.

Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.

If you come across the ox or the ass of one who is no friend to you wandering from its way, you are to take it back to him

And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.

He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward.

And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;

My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.

At the end of every three years take a tenth part of all your increase for that year, and put it in store inside your walls:

So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear.

Put on one side a tenth of all the increase of your seed, produced year by year.

And Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the grain-cutters, The Lord be with you. And they made answer, The Lord give you his blessing.

Then let these things be exchanged for money, and, taking the money in your hand, go to the place marked out by the Lord your God for himself;

And make a feast before the Lord your God, in the place which is to be marked out, where his name will be for ever, of the tenth part of your grain and your wine and your oil, and the first births of your herds and your flocks; so that you may have the fear of the Lord your God in your hearts at all times.

And the king said to the man of God, Come with me to my house for food and rest, and I will give you a reward.

The first Trouble is past: see, there are still two Troubles to come.

And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.

I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.

Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.

So Esau, turning back that day, went on his way to Seir.

And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.