Bible Verses about 'God as friend'
| A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity. | A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity. |
| Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent; do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is nearby than kindred who are 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. |
| Those who withhold kindness from a friend forsake 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. |
| Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one's nearest kin. | A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. |
| Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. | Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. |
| Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes 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. |
| Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another. | As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. |
| If we diligently observe this entire commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, we will be in the right. | 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. |
| No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. | 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. |
| One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend. | He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates friends. |
| Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining 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. |
| Those who walk blamelessly, and do what is right, and speak the truth from their heart; who do not slander with their tongue, and do no evil to their friends, nor take up a reproach against their neighbors. | 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. |
| Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul. | Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. |
| I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. | I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. |
| Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death— even 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 servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a pretext for evil. | As free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. |
| Because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women 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. |
| And live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. | 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. |
| As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. | As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. |
| But as for me, I will look to 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 you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. | For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined. |
| For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. | For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. |
| Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. | Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. |
| Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. | 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. |
| So then, a sabbath rest still remains for the people of God; for those who enter God's rest also cease from their labors as God did from his. | There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. |
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