The word in Scripture

Friend in the Bible

The word friend appears 53 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A friend loves at all times and lays down his life. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What friend means in the Bible

A friend loves at all times and lays down his life.

Where the word friend appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word friend appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.”Psalms 35:14

“Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.”Psalms 41:9

“But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.”Isaiah 41:8

“But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?”Matthew 20:13

“And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.”Matthew 26:50

“For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?”Luke 11:6

“He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.”John 3:29

“And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.”John 19:12