'Friends' in the Bible

Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.

A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends,even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.

I am a laughingstock to my friends,by calling on God, who answers me.The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

My friends scoff at meas I weep before God.

If a man informs on his friends for a price,the eyes of his children will fail.

My relatives stop coming by,and my close friends have forgotten me.

All of my best friends despise me,and those I love have turned against me.

Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy,for God’s hand has struck me.

He was also angry at Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute him and yet had condemned him.

Job’s friends are dismayed and can no longer answer;words have left them.

I will answer youand your friends with you.

After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about Me, as My servant Job has.

After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his prosperity and doubled his previous possessions.