Concordance

“Friend” in the Bible

117 verses contain “friend” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible.

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Genesis 38:12 …of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at…
Genesis 38:20 Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.
Exodus 32:27 …rough the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his…
Exodus 33:11 …D would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the…
Deuteronomy 13:6 …r son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers…
Judges 7:13 And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite…
Judges 7:14 His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”
Judges 11:37 She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
Judges 11:38 “Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
Ruth 4:1 …e had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat…
1 Samuel 30:26 When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
2 Samuel 3:8 … the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this…
2 Samuel 13:3 Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
2 Samuel 15:37 So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.
2 Samuel 16:16 And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
2 Samuel 16:17 “Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
1 Kings 5:1 Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
1 Kings 16:11 As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.
2 Kings 10:11 So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.
1 Chronicles 27:33 Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
2 Chronicles 20:7 Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?
Esther 5:10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
Esther 5:14 His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the…
Esther 6:13 Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has…
Job 2:11 Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came…
Job 6:14 A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Job 6:27 You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.
Job 12:4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
Job 16:20 My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
Job 17:5 If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
Job 19:14 My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
Job 19:19 All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
Job 19:21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
Job 24:17 For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
Job 29:4 when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
Job 32:3 and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
Job 32:15 Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.
Job 35:4 I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
Job 42:7 …the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job…
Job 42:10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
Psalms 15:3 who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
Psalms 31:11 Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
Psalms 35:14 I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
Psalms 38:11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
Psalms 41:9 Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Psalms 55:13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
Psalms 55:20 My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
Psalms 88:8 You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
Psalms 88:18 You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
Psalms 119:63 I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
Psalms 122:8 For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
Proverbs 3:32 for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
Proverbs 12:26 A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
Proverbs 16:28 A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
Proverbs 17:9 Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 18:24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
Proverbs 19:4 Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
Proverbs 19:6 Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
Proverbs 19:7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him— how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
Proverbs 22:11 He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
Proverbs 22:24 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
Proverbs 27:6 The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs 27:9 Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
Proverbs 27:10 Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Song of Solomon 5:1 …mb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O…
Song of Solomon 5:16 His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 1:23 Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes…
Isaiah 41:8 “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
Jeremiah 3:4 Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
Jeremiah 6:21 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”
Jeremiah 9:4 “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
Jeremiah 9:5 Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
Jeremiah 20:4 …says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to…
Jeremiah 20:6 …ylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these…
Jeremiah 20:10 … every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our…
Jeremiah 23:35 This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
Jeremiah 38:22 … will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you— those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted…
Lamentations 1:2 …mong all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her…
Daniel 2:13 So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his friends to execute them.
Daniel 2:17 Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
Daniel 2:18 …d of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of…
Micah 7:5 Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
Zechariah 13:6 If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’
Matthew 11:19 …inking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her…
Matthew 20:13 But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?
Matthew 22:12 ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
Matthew 26:50 “Friend,” Jesus replied, “do what you came for.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus, and arrested Him.
Luke 2:44 Assuming He was in their company, they traveled on for a day before they began to look for Him among their relatives and friends.
Luke 5:20 When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
Luke 7:6 … But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my…
Luke 7:34 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
Luke 11:5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
Luke 11:6 because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
Luke 11:8 …though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he…
Luke 12:4 I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
Luke 14:10 … the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with…
Luke 14:12 …m, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be…
Luke 15:6 comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’
Luke 15:9 And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’
Luke 15:29 …ever gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my…
Luke 16:9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
Luke 21:16 You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.
Luke 23:12 That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
John 3:29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it…
John 11:11 After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:14 You are My friends if you do what I command you.
John 15:15 … understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to…
John 19:12 …he Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying…
Acts 10:24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
Acts 19:31 Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.
Acts 24:23 He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.
Acts 27:3 The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
James 2:23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
James 4:4 You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy…
3 John 1:14 Instead, I hope to see you soon and speak with you face to face. Peace to you. The friends here send you greetings. Greet each of our friends there by name.