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The Bible presents friendship as a significant and influential relationship, often reflecting the love and faithfulness that God desires in His relationship with humanity.<br><br><b>Old Testament</b><br><br>The Hebrew word for friend, "r&#275;a&#703;," appears frequently in the Old Testament, often denoting a companion or neighbor. One of the most notable examples of friendship is the relationship between David and Jonathan. In <a href="/1_samuel/18.htm">1 Samuel 18:1</a>, it is written, "After David had finished speaking with Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself." This profound bond exemplifies the depth of friendship, characterized by loyalty and selflessness, as Jonathan even risked his own life to protect David from Saul (<a href="/1_samuel/20-30.htm">1 Samuel 20:30-34</a>).<br><br>Proverbs offers wisdom on the nature of friendship, emphasizing the importance of choosing friends wisely. <a href="/proverbs/17-17.htm">Proverbs 17:17</a> states, "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity," highlighting the steadfastness expected in true friendship. Additionally, <a href="/proverbs/27-17.htm">Proverbs 27:17</a> illustrates the mutual benefit of friendship: "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."<br><br><b>New Testament</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the Greek word "philos" is often used to describe a friend. Jesus Christ redefined the concept of friendship through His teachings and actions. In <a href="/john/15-13.htm">John 15:13-15</a>, Jesus declares, "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 you. No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know his master&#8217;s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you." Here, Jesus elevates His disciples to the status of friends, emphasizing the sacrificial love and intimate knowledge shared between friends.<br><br>The early Christian community also exemplified friendship through their fellowship and mutual care. <a href="/acts/2-44.htm">Acts 2:44-47</a> describes the believers as being together and having everything in common, selling their possessions to give to anyone in need, and meeting together with glad and sincere hearts. This communal life reflects the essence of friendship as a supportive and loving relationship.<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>Friendship in the Bible is not merely a social construct but a reflection of divine love and covenantal faithfulness. It serves as a model for human relationships, encouraging believers to embody the love, loyalty, and sacrifice demonstrated by Christ. The biblical portrayal of friendship challenges individuals to seek relationships that honor God and reflect His love to the world.<br><br><b>Practical Application</b><br><br>Believers are encouraged to cultivate friendships that are rooted in love, truth, and mutual edification. The Bible warns against friendships that lead one astray, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/15-33.htm">1 Corinthians 15:33</a>: "Do not be deceived: 'Bad company corrupts good character.'" Instead, Christians are called to be discerning in their relationships, seeking friends who will encourage them in their faith and walk with God.<br><br>In summary, the biblical concept of friendship is a profound and sacred bond that mirrors the love and faithfulness of God. It is characterized by loyalty, sacrifice, and mutual edification, serving as a vital component of the Christian life and community.<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Friend</span><p>Abraham is signally honored in being called "the friend of God," <a href="/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8</a> <a href="/james/2-23.htm">James 2:23</a>. Christ granted a similar honor and blessing to his disciples, <a href="/john/15-15.htm">John 15:15</a>. It is a different word, however, in Greek, by which he addressed Judas, <a href="/matthew/26-50.htm">Matthew 26:50</a>; the word there translated friend, means simply companion, and appears to have been used as a conversational term not implying friendship. The same word occurs in <a href="/matthew/20-13.htm">Matthew 20:13</a> 22:12. </p><a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a well-wisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.<p>5. (<I>n.</I>) A paramour of either sex.<p>6. (<I>v. t.</I>) To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP</span><p>frend, frend'-ship: In the Old Testament two words, variously translated "friend" or "companion": re`eh, indicating a mere associate, passing friend, neighbor, or companion; 'ahabh, indicating affection natural or unnatural. In the New Testament also two words: hetairos, "a comrade," or "fellow," and philos, suggesting a more affectionate relation.<br><br>Literature abounds in concrete examples of friendship of either kind noted above, and of profoundly philosophic as well as sentimental and poetic expositions of the idea of friendship. Notable among these are the Old Testament examples. Abraham, because of the intimacy of his relations, was called "the friend of God" (<a href="/2_chronicles/20-7.htm">2 Chronicles 20:7</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8</a> <a href="/james/2-23.htm">James 2:23</a>). "Yahweh spake unto Moses face to face, as a man. unto his friend" (<a href="/exodus/33-11.htm">Exodus 33:11</a>). The romantic aspect of the friendship of Ruth and Naomi is interesting (<a href="/ruth/1-16.htm">Ruth 1:16-18</a>). The devotion of Hushai, who is repeatedly referred to as David's friend (<a href="/2_samuel/15-37.htm">2 Samuel 15:37</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/16-16.htm">2 Samuel 16:16</a>), is a notable illustration of the affection of a subordinate for his superior. The mutual friendship of David and Jonathan (<a href="/1_samuel/18-1.htm">1 Samuel 18:1</a>), from which the author is made to say, "The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul," is another example. Again in his pathetic lament for Jonathan (<a href="/2_samuel/1-26.htm">2 Samuel 1:26</a>), David says in highly emotional tones that his love "was wonderful, passing the love of women." Elijah and Elisha form a unique illustration of semiprofessional affection (<a href="/nasb/2_kings/2.htm">2 Kings 2</a>).<br><br>In the New Testament, Jesus and His disciples illustrate the growth of friendship from that of teacher and disciple, lord and servant, to that of friend and friend (<a href="/john/15-13.htm">John 15:13-15</a>). Paul and Timothy are likewise conspicuous (<a href="/2_timothy/1-2.htm">2 Timothy 1:2</a>).<br><br>In general literature we have the classic incident, recorded by Plutarch, of Damon and Pythias during the rule of Dionysius. Pythias, condemned to death, was about to be executed but desired to see his family. Damon offered himself as a ransom in case he should not return in time for the hour of execution. Returning in time, both were released by the great Dionysius, who asked to be taken into the secret of such friendship. The writings on friendship are many. Plato and Cicero have immortalized themselves by their comments. Cicero held dearly the friendship of Scipio, declaring that of all that Nature or Fortune ever gave him there was nothing which could compare with the friendship of Scipio. Bacon, Emerson, Black, Gladden, King, Hillis, and many others in later days have written extensively concerning friendship. The best illustration of the double use of the word (see above) is that in <a href="/proverbs/18-24.htm">Proverbs 18:24</a>, "He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother." Again, "Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend" (27:17). The honesty and frankness of genuine friends are set forth in the maxim, "Faithful are the wounds of a friend" (27:6).<br><br>Walter G. Clippinger<p><span class="encheading">BRIDEGROOM; BRIDEGROOM, FRIEND OF</span><p>brid'-groom;<br><br>See <a href="../m/marriage.htm">MARRIAGE</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2321.htm"><span class="l">2321. Theophilos -- &quot;<b>friend</b> of God,&quot; Theophilus, the addressee of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> &quot;<b>friend</b> of <b>...</b> Word Origin from theos and philos Definition &quot;<b>friend</b> of God,&quot; Theophilus,<br> the addressee of Luke and Acts NASB Word Usage Theophilus (2). Theophilus. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2321.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4939.htm"><span class="l">4939. suntrophos -- one brought up with, ie a foster brother or an <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> one brought up with, ie a foster brother or an intimate <b>friend</b>. Part of Speech:<br> Adjective Transliteration: suntrophos Phonetic Spelling: (soon&#39;-trof-os) Short <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4939.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/734.htm"><span class="l">734. Artemas -- &quot;gift of Artemis,&quot; Artemas, a <b>friend</b> of the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> 733b, 734. Artemas. 735 . &quot;gift of Artemis,&quot; Artemas, a <b>friend</b> of the apostle<br> Paul. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Artemas Phonetic Spelling <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/734.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2083.htm"><span class="l">2083. hetairos -- a companion</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Noun, Masculine Transliteration: hetairos Phonetic Spelling: (het-ah&#39;-ee-ros) Short<br> Definition: a companion, comrade Definition: a companion, comrade, <b>friend</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2083.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5384.htm"><span class="l">5384. philos -- beloved, dear, friendly</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Adjective; Indeclinable Numeral (Adjective) Transliteration: philos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (fee&#39;-los) Short Definition: friendly, a <b>friend</b> Definition: friendly <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5384.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5363.htm"><span class="l">5363. philanthropia -- love for mankind, kindness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 5363 (from 5384 , &quot;a <b>friend</b>&quot; and 444 , &quot;of , people&quot;) -- properly, a &quot;<b>friend</b><br> (benefactor) of humanity&quot;; a person who warmly loves others, treating them with <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5363.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5385.htm"><span class="l">5385. philosophia -- the love or pursuit of wisdom</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Jewish theology. 5385 (from 5384 , &quot;a <b>friend</b>&quot; and 4678 , &quot;&quot;) - properly,<br> a <b>friend</b> (lover) of wisdom (used only in Col 2:8). 5835 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5385.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5386.htm"><span class="l">5386. philosophos -- a philosopher</span></a> <br><b>...</b> philosopher Definition: a philosopher. Cognate: 5386 -- literally, &quot;a lover<br> (<b>friend</b>) of wisdom&quot; (used only in Ac 17:18). Word Origin from <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5386.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/865.htm"><span class="l">865. aphilagathos -- without love of good</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 865 (from 1 , &quot;not&quot; and 5358 , &quot;a <b>friend</b>, lover of what is good&quot;) -- properly,<br> describing someone who is hostile to the things of God -- ie an active opponent <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/865.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4139.htm"><span class="l">4139. plesion -- near, neighboring</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Neuter of a derivative of pelas (near); (adverbially) close by; as noun, a neighbor,<br> ie Fellow (as man, countryman, Christian or <b>friend</b>) -- near, neighbour. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4139.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7453.htm"><span class="l">7453. rea -- <b>friend</b>, companion, fellow</span></a><br>rea or rea. 7452, 7453. rea or rea. 7454 . <b>friend</b>, companion, fellow.<br> Transliteration: rea or rea Phonetic Spelling: (ray&#39;-ah) Short Definition: neighbor. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7453.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4828.htm"><span class="l">4828. merea -- <b>friend</b>, companion</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4827, 4828. merea. 4829 . <b>friend</b>, companion. Transliteration: merea Phonetic<br> Spelling: (may-ray&#39;-ah) Short Definition: companion. <b>...</b> companion, <b>friend</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4828.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7463b.htm"><span class="l">7463b. reeh -- a <b>friend</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> reeh. 7464 . a <b>friend</b>. Transliteration: reeh Short Definition: <b>friend</b>. Word Origin<br> from raah Definition a <b>friend</b> NASB Word Usage <b>friend</b> (3). 7463a, 7463b. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7463b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7462c.htm"><span class="l">7462c. raah -- to be a special <b>friend</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 7462b, 7462c. raah. 7463 . to be a special <b>friend</b>. Transliteration:<br> raah Short Definition: <b>friend</b>. Word Origin denominative verb <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7462c.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7467.htm"><span class="l">7467. Reuel -- &quot;<b>friend</b> of God,&quot; Moses&#39; father-in-law, also an <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 7466b, 7467. Reuel. 7468 . &quot;<b>friend</b> of God,&quot; Moses&#39; father-in-law, also<br> an Edomite, a Gadite, and a Benjamite. Transliteration: Reuel <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7467.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/276.htm"><span class="l">276. Achuzzath -- &quot;possession,&quot; a <b>friend</b> of Abimelech</span></a><br><b>...</b> 275, 276. Achuzzath. 277 . &quot;possession,&quot; a <b>friend</b> of Abimelech. Transliteration:<br> Achuzzath Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ooz-zath&#39;) Short Definition: Ahuzzath. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/276.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4378.htm"><span class="l">4378. makkar -- acquaintance, <b>friend</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 4377, 4378. makkar. 4379 . acquaintance, <b>friend</b>. Transliteration: makkar<br> Phonetic Spelling: (mak-kawr&#39;) Short Definition: acquaintance. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4378.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8018.htm"><span class="l">8018. Shelemyah -- &quot;<b>friend</b> of Yah,&quot; the name of several Israelites</span></a><br><b>...</b> &quot;<b>friend</b> of Yah,&quot; the name of several Israelites. Transliteration: Shelemyah or<br> shelemyahu Phonetic Spelling: (shel-em-yaw&#39;) Short Definition: Shelemiah. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8018.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/464.htm"><span class="l">464. Eliphaz -- &quot;God is fine gold,&quot; a son of Esau, also a <b>friend</b> <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> Eliphaz. 465 . &quot;God is fine gold,&quot; a son of Esau, also a <b>friend</b> of Job.<br> Transliteration: Eliphaz Phonetic Spelling: (el-ee-faz&#39;) Short Definition: Eliphaz. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/464.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2437.htm"><span class="l">2437. Chirah -- a <b>friend</b> of Judah</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2436, 2437. Chirah. 2438 . a <b>friend</b> of Judah. Transliteration: Chirah<br> Phonetic Spelling: (khee-raw&#39;) Short Definition: Hirah. Word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2437.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/bevan/hymns_of_ter_steegen_and_others_second_series/the_friend.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Friend</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> HYMNS THE <b>FRIEND</b>. &quot;We will come unto him, and make Our abode with him.&quot;"John<br> 14:23. <b>...</b> So were it, if there came from Heaven. A faithful <b>friend</b> and dear,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen and others second series/the friend.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/romans_corinthians_to_ii_corinthians_chap_v/death_the_friend.htm"><span class="l">Death, the <b>Friend</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CORINTHIANS (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) DEATH, THE <b>FRIEND</b>. &#39;... All things<br> are yours ... death.&#39;"1 Corinthians 3:21, 22. What <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/death the friend.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/sermons_on_proverbs/the_best_friend.htm"><span class="l">The Best <b>Friend</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Best <b>Friend</b>. <b>...</b> on Thursday evening, February 23rd, 1882. &quot;Thine own <b>friend</b>,<br> and thy father&#39;s <b>friend</b>, forsake not.&quot;"Proverbs 27:10. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/the best friend.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/sermons_on_proverbs/a_faithful_friend.htm"><span class="l">A Faithful <b>Friend</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> A Faithful <b>Friend</b>. A sermon (No <b>...</b> Surrey Gardens. &quot;There is a <b>friend</b> that<br> sticketh closer than a brother.&quot;"Proverbs 18:24. Cicero <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/a faithful friend.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_3_1857/a_faithful_friend.htm"><span class="l">A Faithful <b>Friend</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> A Faithful <b>Friend</b>. A Sermon (No.120). <b>...</b> At The Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens. &quot;There<br> is a <b>friend</b> that sticketh closer than a brother.&quot;"Proverbs 18:24. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/a faithful friend.htm</font><p><a href="/library/murray/kalli_the_esquimaux_christian_/legacy_to_a_friend.htm"><span class="l">Legacy to a <b>Friend</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Legacy to a <b>Friend</b>. The author had often remarked the very grateful manner in<br> which the youth acknowledged any kindness shown towards him. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../murray/kalli the esquimaux christian /legacy to a friend.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/sermons_on_proverbs/the_unrivalled_friend.htm"><span class="l">The Unrivalled <b>Friend</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Unrivalled <b>Friend</b>. A sermon <b>...</b> Spurgeon. &quot;A <b>friend</b> loveth at all times,<br> and a brother is born for adversity.&quot;"Proverbs 17:17. There <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/the unrivalled friend.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_d/the_publicans_friend.htm"><span class="l">The Publicans&#39; <b>Friend</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE PUBLICANS&#39; <b>FRIEND</b>. &#39;And He went forth again by the sea side; and all<br> the multitude resorted unto Him, and He taught them.14. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/the publicans friend.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gerhardt/paul_gerhardts_spiritual_songs/by_the_bier_of_a.htm"><span class="l">By the Bier of a <b>Friend</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Of Death, the Last Day, and Eternal Life. BY THE BIER OF A <b>FRIEND</b>. On thy bier<br> how calm thou&#39;rt sleeping Yet thou livest, oh our crown! <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../gerhardt/paul gerhardts spiritual songs/by the bier of a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arnot/the_parables_of_our_lord/xviii_the_friend_at_midnight.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Friend</b> at Midnight.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> XVIII. THE <b>FRIEND</b> AT MIDNIGHT. &quot;And he said unto them, Which of you shall<br> have a <b>friend</b>, and shall go unto him at midnight, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../arnot/the parables of our lord/xviii the friend at midnight.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/f/friend.htm"><span class="l"><b>Friend</b> (139 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (n.) One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the<br> like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a <b>friend</b> to commerce, to poetry, to an <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/friend.htm - 40k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/friend's.htm"><span class="l"><b>Friend's</b> (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Friend's</b> (3 Occurrences). <b>...</b> (See NAS). Proverbs 27:17 Iron<br> sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his <b>friend's</b> countenance. (WEB). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/friend's.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/friendship.htm"><span class="l">Friendship (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>FRIEND</b>; FRIENDSHIP. <b>...</b> Abraham, because of the intimacy of his relations, was called<br> &quot;the <b>friend</b> of God&quot; (2 Chronicles 20:7 Isaiah 41:8 James 2:23). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/friendship.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/intimate.htm"><span class="l">Intimate (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (a.) Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate<br><b>friend</b>. 4. (n.) An intimate <b>friend</b> or associate; a confidant. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/intimate.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/z/zabud.htm"><span class="l">Zabud (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary Gift, the son of Nathan, who was &quot;king's <b>friend</b>&quot; in the<br> court of Solomon (1 Kings 4:5). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ZABUD. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/zabud.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lover.htm"><span class="l">Lover (55 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) A <b>friend</b>; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the<br> welfare of any person or thing; as, a lover of his country. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lover.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/familiar.htm"><span class="l">Familiar (35 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (a.) Closely acquainted or intimate, as a <b>friend</b> or companion; well versed<br> in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/familiar.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/onesiphorus.htm"><span class="l">Onesiphorus (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> o-ne-sif'-o-rus (Onesiphoros, literally, &quot;profit bringer&quot; (2 Timothy 1:16; 2 Timothy<br> 4:19)): 1. The <b>Friend</b> of Paul: Onesiphorus was a <b>friend</b> of the apostle Paul <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/onesiphorus.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/friendly.htm"><span class="l">Friendly (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Having the temper and disposition of a <b>friend</b>;<br> disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/friendly.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/regemmelech.htm"><span class="l">Regemmelech (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Friend</b> of the king, one of the two messengers sent by the exiled Jews to Jerusalem<br> in the time of Darius (Zechariah 7:2) to make inquiries at the temple. Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/regemmelech.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/friend-stick-closer-brother.html">How can a friend stick closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24)? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-friend-of-sinners.html">What does it mean that Jesus is a friend of sinners? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/married-friend-opposite-sex.html">Should a married person have a close friend of the opposite sex? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/friend.htm">Friend: Dictionary and Thesaurus &#124; Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> &#8226; <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> &#8226; <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> &#8226; <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> &#8226; <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Friend (139 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/11-19.htm">Matthew 11:19</a></span><br />The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children. "<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/20-13.htm">Matthew 20:13</a></span><br />"But he answered one of them,'<span class="boldtext">Friend</span>, I am doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me for a denarius?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/22-12.htm">Matthew 22:12</a></span><br />and he said to him,'<span class="boldtext">Friend</span>, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/26-50.htm">Matthew 26:50</a></span><br />Jesus said to him, "<span class="boldtext">Friend</span>, why are you here?" Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/5-20.htm">Luke 5:20</a></span><br />He saw their faith and said to him, "<span class="boldtext">Friend</span>, your sins are forgiven."<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/7-5.htm">Luke 7:5</a></span><br />It is right for you to do this for him, because he is a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> to our nation, and himself has put up a Synagogue for us.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/7-34.htm">Luke 7:34</a></span><br />The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say,'Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> of tax collectors and sinners!'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/11-5.htm">Luke 11:5</a></span><br />He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> at midnight, and tell him,'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/11-6.htm">Luke 11:6</a></span><br />for a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/11-8.htm">Luke 11:8</a></span><br />I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/14-10.htm">Luke 14:10</a></span><br />But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you,'<span class="boldtext">Friend</span>, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/3-29.htm">John 3:29</a></span><br />He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the <span class="boldtext">friend</span> of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/11-3.htm">John 11:3</a></span><br />So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear <span class="boldtext">friend</span> is ill.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/11-11.htm">John 11:11</a></span><br />He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/11-37.htm">John 11:37</a></span><br />But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his <span class="boldtext">friend</span> from death?<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/14-18.htm">John 14:18</a></span><br />I will not let you be without a <span class="boldtext">friend</span>: I am coming to you. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/18-15.htm">John 18:15</a></span><br />And Simon Peter went after Jesus with another disciple. Now that disciple was a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> of the high priest and he went in with Jesus into the house of the high priest; <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/18-16.htm">John 18:16</a></span><br />But Peter was kept outside at the door. Then this other disciple, who was a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> of the high priest, came out and had a word with the girl who kept the door, and took Peter in.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/18-37.htm">John 18:37</a></span><br />"So then *you* are a king!" rejoined Pilate. "Yes," said Jesus, "you say truly that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this purpose I have come into the world--to give testimony for the truth. Every one who is a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> of the truth listens to my voice."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/19-12.htm">John 19:12</a></span><br />At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's <span class="boldtext">friend</span>! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/12-20.htm">Acts 12:20</a></span><br />Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king's personal aide, their <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/13-7.htm">Acts 13:7</a></span><br />who was a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> of the Proconsul Sergius Paulus. The Proconsul was a man of keen intelligence. He sent for Barnabas and Saul, and asked to be told God's Message.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/14-1.htm">Romans 14:1</a></span><br />I now pass to another subject. Receive as a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> a man whose faith is weak, but not for the purpose of deciding mere matters of opinion.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/16-2.htm">Romans 16:2</a></span><br />that you may receive her as a fellow Christian in a manner worthy of God's people, and may assist her in any matter in which she may need help. For she has indeed been a kind <span class="boldtext">friend</span> to many, including myself.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/16-5.htm">Romans 16:5</a></span><br />Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/16-9.htm">Romans 16:9</a></span><br />Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/16-12.htm">Romans 16:12</a></span><br />Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/4-16.htm">Galatians 4:16</a></span><br />So then am I no longer your <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, because I give you true words?<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/4-14.htm">Colossians 4:14</a></span><br />Luke, our well-loved medical <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, and Demas, send you their love.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-11.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:11</a></span><br />Therefore encourage one another, and let each one help to strengthen his <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, as in fact you do.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-2.htm">1 Timothy 3:2</a></span><br />it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> of strangers, apt to teach,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-11.htm">2 Timothy 4:11</a></span><br />Luke is the only <span class="boldtext">friend</span> I now have with me. Call for Mark on your way and bring him with you, for he is a great help to me in my ministry.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philemon/1-1.htm">Philemon 1:1</a></span><br />Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philemon/1-17.htm">Philemon 1:17</a></span><br />If then you take me to be your <span class="boldtext">friend</span> and brother, take him in as myself.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/2-23.htm">James 2:23</a></span><br />and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;" and he was called the <span class="boldtext">friend</span> of God.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a></span><br />You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_john/2-1.htm">1 John 2:1</a></span><br />My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/3_john/1-1.htm">3 John 1:1</a></span><br />The Elder to his dear <span class="boldtext">friend</span> Gaius. Truly I love you. <br /><span class="source">(WEY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/3_john/1-2.htm">3 John 1:2</a></span><br />My dear <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, I pray that you may in all respects prosper and enjoy good health, just as your soul already prospers.<br /><span class="source">(WEY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/3_john/1-5.htm">3 John 1:5</a></span><br />My dear <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, you are acting faithfully in all your behaviour towards the brethren, even when they are strangers to you.<br /><span class="source">(WEY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/3_john/1-11.htm">3 John 1:11</a></span><br />My dear <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, do not follow wrong examples, but right ones. He who habitually does what is right is a child of God: he who habitually does what is wrong has not seen God.<br /><span class="source">(WEY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/2-13.htm">Revelation 2:13</a></span><br />Satan's throne is there; and yet you are true to Me, and did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of Antipas My witness and faithful <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, who was put to death among you, in the place where Satan dwells.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/26-26.htm">Genesis 26:26</a></span><br />Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, and Phicol the captain of his army.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/38-1.htm">Genesis 38:1</a></span><br />Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the <span class="boldtext">friend</span> of a man of Adullam named Hirah.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/38-12.htm">Genesis 38:12</a></span><br />After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his <span class="boldtext">friend</span> Hirah, the Adullamite.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/38-20.htm">Genesis 38:20</a></span><br />Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he didn't find her.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/39-21.htm">Genesis 39:21</a></span><br />But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his <span class="boldtext">friend</span>.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/23-4.htm">Exodus 23:4</a></span><br />If you come across the ox or the ass of one who is no <span class="boldtext">friend</span> to you wandering from its way, you are to take it back to him.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/32-27.htm">Exodus 32:27</a></span><br />And he said to them, This is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: Let every man take his sword at his side, and go from one end of the tents to the other, putting to death his brother and his <span class="boldtext">friend</span> and his neighbour.<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/33-11.htm">Exodus 33:11</a></span><br />Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his <span class="boldtext">friend</span>. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn't depart out of the Tent.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Leviticus 25:14</a></span><br />"'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-15.htm">Leviticus 25:15</a></span><br />According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. According to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/13-6.htm">Deuteronomy 13:6</a></span><br />If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods," which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/19-4.htm">Deuteronomy 19:4</a></span><br />This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/19-5.htm">Deuteronomy 19:5</a></span><br />as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and lights on his neighbor, so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities and live:<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/7-13.htm">Judges 7:13</a></span><br />When Gideon came there, a man was giving his <span class="boldtext">friend</span> an account of his dream, saying, See, I had a dream about a cake of barley bread which, falling into the tents of Midian, came on to the tent, overturning it so that it was stretched out flat on the earth.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/7-14.htm">Judges 7:14</a></span><br />And his <span class="boldtext">friend</span> in answer said, This is certainly the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, the men of Israel: into their hands God has given up all the army of Midian.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/14-20.htm">Judges 14:20</a></span><br />But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his <span class="boldtext">friend</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/15-2.htm">Judges 15:2</a></span><br />And her father said, It seemed to me that you had only hate for her; so I gave her to your <span class="boldtext">friend</span>: but is not her younger sister fairer than she? so please take her in place of the other.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/15-6.htm">Judges 15:6</a></span><br />Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his <span class="boldtext">friend</span>. So the Philistines came up and had her and her father's house burned.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ruth/4-1.htm">Ruth 4:1</a></span><br />Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, "Ho, such a one! Turn aside, sit down here." He turned aside, and sat down.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-1.htm">2 Samuel 9:1</a></span><br />And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I may be a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> to him, because of Jonathan?<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-3.htm">2 Samuel 9:3</a></span><br />And the king said, Is there anyone of Saul's family still living, to whom I may be a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> in God's name? And Ziba said, There is a son of Jonathan, whose feet are damaged.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-3.htm">2 Samuel 13:3</a></span><br />But Amnon had a <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/15-37.htm">2 Samuel 15:37</a></span><br />So Hushai, David's <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-16.htm">2 Samuel 16:16</a></span><br />It happened, when Hushai the Archite, David's <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, had come to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-17.htm">2 Samuel 16:17</a></span><br />Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your kindness to your <span class="boldtext">friend</span>? Why didn't you go with your friend?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/4-5.htm">1 Kings 4:5</a></span><br />and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, and the king's <span class="boldtext">friend</span>;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/5-1.htm">1 Kings 5:1</a></span><br />Now Hiram, king of Tyre, hearing that Solomon had been made king in place of his father, sent his servants to him; for Hiram had ever been a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> to David.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/16-11.htm">1 Kings 16:11</a></span><br />It happened, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he struck all the house of Baasha: he didn't leave him a single one who urinates on a wall, neither of his relatives, nor of his friends.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/19-2.htm">1 Chronicles 19:2</a></span><br />And David said, I will be a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> to Hanun, the son of Nahash, because his father was a friend to me. So David sent men to him, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And the servants of David came to Hanun, to the land of the children of Ammon, offering him comfort.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/27-33.htm">1 Chronicles 27:33</a></span><br />Ahithophel was the king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's <span class="boldtext">friend</span>: <br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-7.htm">2 Chronicles 20:7</a></span><br />Did not you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham your <span class="boldtext">friend</span> forever?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/13-4.htm">Nehemiah 13:4</a></span><br />Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who had been placed over the rooms of the house of our God, being a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> of Tobiah,<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/6-14.htm">Job 6:14</a></span><br />"To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his <span class="boldtext">friend</span>; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/6-27.htm">Job 6:27</a></span><br />Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your <span class="boldtext">friend</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/12-4.htm">Job 12:4</a></span><br />I am to be one that is a derision to his <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, I who call upon +God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright man.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/16-20.htm">Job 16:20</a></span><br />My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/16-21.htm">Job 16:21</a></span><br />Oh that there were arbitration for a man with +God, as a son of man for his <span class="boldtext">friend</span>!<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/17-5.htm">Job 17:5</a></span><br />He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/36-33.htm">Job 36:33</a></span><br />He sheweth by it 'to' his <span class="boldtext">friend</span> substance, Anger against perversity.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/7-4.htm">Psalms 7:4</a></span><br />if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/15-3.htm">Psalms 15:3</a></span><br />He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/35-14.htm">Psalms 35:14</a></span><br />I behaved myself as though it had been my <span class="boldtext">friend</span> or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/41-9.htm">Psalms 41:9</a></span><br />Yes, my own familiar <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/50-18.htm">Psalms 50:18</a></span><br />When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/55-13.htm">Psalms 55:13</a></span><br />But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar <span class="boldtext">friend</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/88-18.htm">Psalms 88:18</a></span><br />You have put lover and <span class="boldtext">friend</span> far from me, and my friends into darkness.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/101-4.htm">Psalms 101:4</a></span><br />The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a <span class="boldtext">friend</span>. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/119-63.htm">Psalms 119:63</a></span><br />I am a <span class="boldtext">friend</span> of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/142-4.htm">Psalms 142:4</a></span><br />Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my <span class="boldtext">friend</span>: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/2-17.htm">Proverbs 2:17</a></span><br />who forsakes the <span class="boldtext">friend</span> of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God:<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/3-28.htm">Proverbs 3:28</a></span><br />Say not thou to thy <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, 'Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/3-32.htm">Proverbs 3:32</a></span><br />For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB ASV BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/6-1.htm">Proverbs 6:1</a></span><br />My son, if thou be surety for thy <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/6-3.htm">Proverbs 6:3</a></span><br />Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy <span class="boldtext">friend</span>; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/7-4.htm">Proverbs 7:4</a></span><br />Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special <span class="boldtext">friend</span>:<br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/8-12.htm">Proverbs 8:12</a></span><br />I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special <span class="boldtext">friend</span> of wise purposes.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/11-9.htm">Proverbs 11:9</a></span><br />With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his <span class="boldtext">friend</span>, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/12-26.htm">Proverbs 12:26</a></span><br />A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB JPS NIV)</span><p><a href="/concordance/f/friend2.htm"></a><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/f/friend.htm">Friend</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/friendliness.htm">Friendliness (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/charity.htm">Charity (29 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/real.htm">Real (26 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hagar.htm">Hagar (15 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/really.htm">Really (100 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/fixed.htm">Fixed (284 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hopes.htm">Hopes (24 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/friend.htm">Friend (139 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/f/fried_grain_offering.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Fried Grain Offering"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Fried Grain Offering" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/f/friend_of_god.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Friend of God"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Friend of God" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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