Friendship
The theme of friendship in the Bible: loyalty, honest counsel and standing by in hard days. Chapters on friendship from David and Jonathan to the proverbs.
Friendship in the Bible is not merely affection; it is a relationship of loyalty, honesty and mutual responsibility. The chapters below treat the value of trustworthy friendship, the place of counsel and the active side of love from different angles. Each link takes you straight to the reading page.
Read the chapters
- 1 Samuel 18
- Proverbs 17
- Proverbs 18
- Proverbs 27
- Ecclesiastes 4
- John 15
The farewell discourse where Jesus likens himself to a vine and his followers to branches, on staying closely connected, remaining in love and bearing fruit together.