Gen 38:12 In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua’s daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
Gen 38:20 When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her.
Exo 33:11 Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
Deu 13:6 “If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which neither you nor your fathers have known,
Rut 4:1 Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down.
2Sa 13:3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother. And Jonadab was a very crafty man.
2Sa 15:37 So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.
2Sa 16:16 And when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
2Sa 16:17 And Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”
1Ki 4:5 Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king’s friend;
1Ch 27:33 Ahithophel was the king’s counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
2Ch 20:7 Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?
Job 6:14 “He who withholds kindness from a friend
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Job 6:27 You would even cast lots over the fatherless,
and bargain over your friend.
and bargain over your friend.
Psa 7:4 if I have repaid my friend with evil
or plundered my enemy without cause,
or plundered my enemy without cause,
Psa 15:3 who does not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
Psa 35:14 I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
as one who laments his mother,
I bowed down in mourning.
as one who laments his mother,
I bowed down in mourning.
Psa 41:9 Even my close friend in whom I trusted,
who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
Psa 55:13 But it is you, a man, my equal,
my companion, my familiar friend.
my companion, my familiar friend.
Psa 88:18 You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me;
my companions have become darkness.
my companions have become darkness.
Pro 7:4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call insight your intimate friend,
and call insight your intimate friend,
Pro 17:17 A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
and a brother is born for adversity.
Pro 18:24 A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Pro 19:4 Wealth brings many new friends,
but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
Pro 19:6 Many seek the favor of a generous man,
and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
Pro 22:11 He who loves purity of heart,
and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
Pro 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
Pro 27:9 Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
Pro 27:10 Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.
and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.
Song 5:16 His mouth is most sweet,
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.
Isa 41:8 But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham, my friend;
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham, my friend;
Jer 3:4 Have you not just now called to me,
‘My father, you are the friend of my youth—
‘My father, you are the friend of my youth—
Jer 6:21 Therefore thus says the Lord:
‘Behold, I will lay before this people
stumbling blocks against which they shall stumble;
fathers and sons together,
neighbor and friend shall perish.’”
‘Behold, I will lay before this people
stumbling blocks against which they shall stumble;
fathers and sons together,
neighbor and friend shall perish.’”
Mic 7:5 Put no trust in a neighbor;
have no confidence in a friend;
guard the doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms;
have no confidence in a friend;
guard the doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms;
Mat 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.”
Mat 20:13 But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
Mat 22:12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
Mat 26:50 Jesus said to him, “Friend, do what you came to do.” Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.
Luk 7:34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
Luk 11:5 And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves,
Luk 11:6 for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;
Luk 11:8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
Luk 14:10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.
Joh 3:29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
Joh 11:11 After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.”
Joh 19:12 From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.”
Act 13:1 Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Jam 2:23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.
Jam 4:4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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