Bible Verses About Friends

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

"You are my friends if you do what I command."

"I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you."

"Therefore, my brothers, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you should stand firm in the Lord, dear friends!"

"Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord."

"Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry."

"Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard."

"Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is."

"Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God"

"Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world."

"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God."

"Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."

"Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul."

"Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you."

"Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God."

"Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking."

"But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day."

"So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him."

"Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position."

"Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live."

"Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are confident of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation."

"You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God."

"Therefore this is what the Lord says: “I will put obstacles before this people. Fathers and sons alike will stumble over them; neighbors and friends will perish.”"

"“Beware of your friends; do not trust your brothers. For every brother is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer."

"And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into exile to Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.’”"