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Want to know what the Bible says about Jesus As A Friend? Here are 223 Bible verses about Jesus As A Friend from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Romans 16:3-5 NIV
3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. 4 They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
5 Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.
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Matthew 5:44 NIV
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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John 16:12 NIV
“I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear.
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Luke 15:1-2 NIV
15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
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1 John 4:7 NIV
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
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Romans 12:15 NIV
Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
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1 Samuel 20:42 NIV
Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever. ’” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.
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Proverbs 3:32 NIV
For the Lord detests the perverse
    but takes the upright into his confidence.
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Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
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Isaiah 41:8 NIV
“But you, Israel, my servant,
    Jacob, whom I have chosen,
    you descendants of Abraham my friend,
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