25 Bible Verses About Jesus As A Friend (NIV)
This is a hand-curated and ranked list of the most relevant Bible verses about Jesus As A Friend (NIV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.
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Bible Verses About Jesus As A Friend
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John 15:15
15 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.
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John 15:13
13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
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Proverbs 18:24
24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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James 2:23
23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend.
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Proverbs 12:26
26 A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
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Proverbs 22:24-25
24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, 25 or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.
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James 4:4
4 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.
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Proverbs 16:28
28 A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.
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Proverbs 27:9
9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.
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Proverbs 13:20
20 He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
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Proverbs 27:5-6
5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love. 6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
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John 15:12-15
12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 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.
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Job 2:11
11 When Job's three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.
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James 4:8
8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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2 Kings 2:2
2 Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here; the LORD has sent me to Bethel." But Elisha said, "As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel.
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1 Samuel 18:1-3
1 After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself. 2 From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father's house. 3 And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
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Matthew 11:28
28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
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Romans 5:8
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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Revelation 3:20
20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.
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1 John 3:1
1 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
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