Friend

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God.

You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you. — read the full passage →

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger: — read the full passage →

He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.

Better is open rebuke than hidden love. — read the full passage →

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

When he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. — read the full passage →

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

Elijah said to Elisha, “Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel.” Elisha said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. — read the full passage →

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. — read the full passage →

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him. — read the full passage →

Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn’t depart from the Tent.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

Stay with me, don’t be afraid; for he who seeks my life seeks your life. For with me you shall be in safeguard.”

Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have both sworn in Yahweh’s name, saying, ‘Yahweh shall be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever.’” He arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.

Ruth said, “Don’t entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God; — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.

But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need;

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear. — read the full passage →

Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord, — read the full passage →

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.” — read the full passage →

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of Yahweh’s temple will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it. — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;

Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger: — read the full passage →

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.

When David had come to the top, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth on his head. — read the full passage →

Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

When he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.