Bible Verses about 'God as friend'
| A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity. | A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity. |
| Do not abandon your friend or your father’s friend, And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away. | Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away. |
| A person of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. | A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. |
| For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not abandon the fear of the Almighty. | To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend, Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. |
| Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. | Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. |
| You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. | Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not 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. |
| As iron sharpens iron, So one person sharpens another. | As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. |
| One who walks with integrity, practices righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart. He does not slander with his tongue, Nor do evil to his neighbor, Nor bring shame on his friend. | He who walks uprightly, And works righteousness, And speaks the truth in his heart; He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend. |
| And do not go on presenting the parts of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and your body’s parts as instruments of righteousness for God. | And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. |
| And it will be righteousness for us if we are careful to follow all this commandment before the Lord our God, just as He commanded us. | Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us. |
| Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a worker who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. | Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. |
| Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. | Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. |
| And walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. | And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. |
| I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. | I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. |
| Act as free people, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bond-servants of God. | As free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. |
| For no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. | For prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. |
| One who conceals an offense seeks love, But one who repeats a matter separates close friends. | He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates friends. |
| Who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant and being born in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross. | Who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. |
| As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, God. | As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. |
| But as for me, I will be on the watch for the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. | Therefore I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me. |
| For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons and daughters of God. | For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. |
| For You have put us to the test, God; You have refined us as silver is refined. | For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined. |
| Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us, for the glory of God. | Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. |
| Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flames are flames of fire, The flame of the Lord. | Set me as a seal upon your heart, As a seal upon your arm; For love is as strong as death, Jealousy as cruel as the grave; Its flames are flames of fire, A most vehement flame. |
| Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. | Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. |
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