1 Samuel 18:1-4
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul,
that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and
Jonathan loved him as his own soul. And Saul took him that day, and
would let him go no more home to his father's house. Then Jonathan
and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. And
Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave
it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow,
and to his girdle.
1 Samuel 20:1-17
And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before
Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is
my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? And he said unto
him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do
nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why
should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. And
David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I
have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know
this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as
thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. Then
said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even
do it for thee. And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow
is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at
meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the
third day at even. If thy father at all miss me, then say, David
earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his
city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. If
he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he
be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.
Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast
brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee:
notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for
why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? And Jonathan said, Far be
it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by
my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? Then
said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father
answer thee roughly? And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us
go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the
field. And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I
have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third
day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send
not unto thee, and shew it thee; The Lord do so and much more to
Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will
shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and
the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father. And thou
shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord,
that I die not: But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from
my house for ever: no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of
David every one from the face of the earth. So Jonathan made a
covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord even
require it at the hand of David's enemies. And Jonathan caused
David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he
loved his own soul.
Psalms 41:9
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of
my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 18:24
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a
friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs 22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou
shalt not go:
Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.
Proverbs 27:10
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go
into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better
is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 27:14
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the
morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their
labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe
to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to
help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but
how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two
shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Luke 11:5-10
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall
go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three
loaves; For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I
have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer and
say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with
me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, Though he
will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of
his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. And
I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that
asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened.
John 15:13-15
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for
his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what
his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I
have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
