The best Bible verses for community for friends include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for community for friends, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron."Exodus 16:2
"Then Moses told Aaron, “Say to the entire Israelite community, ‘Come before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’”"Exodus 16:9
"While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the Lord appearing in the cloud."Exodus 16:10
"On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much—two omers for each person—and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses."Exodus 16:22
"The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink."Exodus 17:1
"But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them."Exodus 34:31
"Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things the Lord has commanded you to do:"Exodus 35:1
"The silver obtained from those of the community who were counted in the census was talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—"Exodus 38:25
"May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples."Genesis 28:3
"And God said to him, “I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will come from your body."Genesis 35:11
"Festus said: “King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, you see this man! The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him in Jerusalem and here in Caesarea, shouting that he ought not to live any longer."Acts 25:24
"and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and will increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’"Genesis 48:4
"They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the entire community.” So the leaders’ promise to them was kept."Joshua 9:21
Scripture does not change for its audience, but which passages land does. The 15 verses below were chosen because they are accessible to community for friends without being condescending — plain in their language, concrete in their imagery, and short enough to hold in mind.
The point is not a simplified Bible. It is picking the passages that already speak clearly, so the reader meets the text itself rather than a paraphrase of it.
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The most-cited Bible verses for community for friends are Exodus 16:2, Exodus 16:9, Exodus 16:10. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to community for friends across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for community for friends, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.