20 Bible Verses about

Friendship for New Beginnings

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.

John 13:34 BSB

A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

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.

2 John 1:5 BSB

And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

Deuteronomy 7:13 BSB

He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.

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—

Luke 11:6 BSB

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

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.

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.

Matthew 6:14 BSB

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

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