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.
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.Next verse!With image 
