Bible Verses about 'God as friend'
- A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a time of adversity. - Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you—
better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away. - Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend
forsakes the fear of the Almighty. - One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. - You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
- Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
- As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens another. - I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. - The one whose walk is blameless,
who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from their heart;
whose tongue utters no slander,
who does no wrong to a neighbor,
and casts no slur on others. - And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.
- Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.
- For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
- Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
- Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
- But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord,
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear me. - As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God. - For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
- Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
- It is written: ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’ - My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God? - If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.
- Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children.
- And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
- Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm;
for love is as strong as death,
its jealousy unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame. - As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us. - Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
- May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake us.
- There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.
- And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
- As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning.
- Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
- I rejoice in following your statutes
as one rejoices in great riches. - Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is. - For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock except our God? - Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
- Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,
but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. - For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock except our God? - If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
- Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
- For you, God, tested us;
you refined us like silver. - Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
- In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
- As for God, his way is perfect:
The Lord’s word is flawless;
he shields all who take refuge in him. - “Come now, let us settle the matter,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.” - As for God, his way is perfect:
The Lord’s word is flawless;
he shields all who take refuge in him. - For no word from God will ever fail.
- When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.
- This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.Next verse!With image 
