Friendship
57 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
19 sections
- Abraham and Lot
- Daniel and his Three Companions
- David and Abiathar
- David and Hiram
- David and Hushai
- David and Ittai
- David and Jonathan
- David and Nahash
- General Scriptures Concerning
- Job and his Three “Friends”
- Joram and Ahaziah
- Luke and Theophilus
- Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, with Jesus
- Paul and his Nephew
- Paul, Priscilla, and Aquila
- Paul, Timothy, and Epaphroditus
- Ruth and Naomi
- Samuel and Saul
- The Marys, and Joseph of Arimathaea, for Jesus
Abraham and Lot
- Genesis 14:14–16 And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan. …
Daniel and his Three Companions
- Daniel 2:49 And at Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.
David and Abiathar
- 1 Samuel 22:23 Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”
David and Hiram
- 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.
David and Hushai
- 2 Samuel 15:32–37 When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head. …
- 2 Samuel 16:1 When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer …
- 2 Samuel 17:1–22 Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. …
David and Ittai
- 2 Samuel 15:19–21 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland. …
David and Jonathan
- 1 Samuel 18:1–4 After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself. …
- 1 Samuel 20:1 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”
- 1 Samuel 23:16–18 And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God, …
- 2 Samuel 1:17–27 Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan, …
- 2 Samuel 9:1–13 Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?” …
David and Nahash
- 2 Samuel 10:2 And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,
General Scriptures Concerning
- Deuteronomy 13:6–9 If your very own brother, or your 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 have known, …
- Job 6:14–15 A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. …
- Job 16:2 “I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
- Job 16:20 My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
- Job 19:13–22 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. …
- Psalm 35:13–14 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered. …
- Psalm 41:9 Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
- Psalm 55:12–14 For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide. …
- Psalm 88:8 You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
- Psalm 88:18 You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
- Proverbs 11:13 A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
- 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 22:24–27 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, …
- Proverbs 25:17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.
- Proverbs 25:19 Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
- Proverbs 27:6 The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
- Proverbs 27:9–10 Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul. …
- Proverbs 27:14 If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.
- Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
- Proverbs 27:19 As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
- Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. …
- Amos 3:3 Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?
- 2 Timothy 4:16 At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
Job and his Three “Friends”
- Job 2:11–13 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 from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize …
Joram and Ahaziah
- 2 Kings 8:28–29 Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram. …
- 2 Kings 9:16 Then Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.
Luke and Theophilus
- Acts 1:1 In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,
Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, with Jesus
- Luke 10:38–42 As they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. …
- John 11:1–46 At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. …
Paul and his Nephew
- Acts 23:16 But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.
Paul, Priscilla, and Aquila
- Romans 16:3–4 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, …
Paul, Timothy, and Epaphroditus
- Philippians 2:19–20 Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing. …
- Philippians 2:22 But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.
- Philippians 2:25 But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs.
Ruth and Naomi
- Ruth 1:16–17 But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. …
Samuel and Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:35 And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 16:1 Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a …
The Marys, and Joseph of Arimathaea, for Jesus
- Matthew 27:55–61 And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him. …
- Matthew 28:1–8 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. …
- Luke 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles.
- John 20:11–18 But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb, …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.