20 Bible Verses about

Friendship During Difficult Times

Psalm 55:13 BSB

But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.

Psalm 88:18 BSB

You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

Romans 8:35 BSB

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Micah 7:5 BSB

Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

Psalm 25:18 BSB

Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.

James 1:12 BSB

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

Genesis 29:32 BSB

And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”

Proverbs 17:17 BSB

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 3:32 BSB

for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

Luke 5:20 BSB

When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

Psalm 119:63 BSB

I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.

Proverbs 19:4 BSB

Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

Proverbs 22:11 BSB

He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.

Isaiah 41:8 BSB

“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—

John 15:13 BSB

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

Psalm 55:20 BSB

My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

Luke 11:6 BSB

because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’

Ephesians 4:32 BSB

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

1 John 1:9 BSB

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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