'Friend' in the Bible

Now Abimelech had come to him from Gerar along with Ahuzzah his friend and Phicol the commander of his army.

After some time Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. After Judah was consoled, he left for Timnah to visit his sheepshearers, along with his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

Then Judah had his friend Hirah the Adullamite take a young goat to get back from the woman the items he had given in pledge, but Hirah could not find her.

and he said to them, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Each man fasten his sword on his side, and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.'"

The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, the way a person speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent.

Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known,

Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty man.

So David's friend Hushai arrived in the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

When David's friend Hushai the Arkite came to Absalom, Hushai said to him, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"

Absalom said to Hushai, "Do you call this loyalty to your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?"

Hiram asked, "Why did you give me these cities, my friend?" He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day.

Our God, you drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it as a permanent possession to the descendants of your friend Abraham.

"To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.

My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.

I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.

Even my close friend whom I trusted, he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.

But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided.

I am a friend to all your loyal followers, and to those who keep your precepts.

A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.

The one who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious -- the king will be his friend.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.

Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one's friend from sincere counsel.

Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend.

"You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,

One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.

So I, Jeremiah, tell you, "Each of you people should say to his friend or his relative, 'How did the Lord answer? Or what did the Lord say?'

but you rise up as an enemy against my people. You steal a robe from a friend, from those who pass by peacefully as if returning from a war.

Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don't even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!

In that day,' says the Lord who rules over all, 'everyone will invite his friend to fellowship under his vine and under his fig tree.'"