Bible Verses and Sermon onTrue Friendship

True Friendship

How Friendships Develop

Friendships are based on common interests and mutual trust. To trust someone is to become vulnerable. Your feelings can be hurt. But that’s the risk we take in turning a passing acquaintance into a true friend. Choose your friends carefully. Mutual trust takes time to develop.

Best Bible Verses on Friendship

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."

(Walter Winchell)

"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."

(Len Wein)

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

(Anonymous)

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend."

(Albert Camus)

"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships."

(Abraham Lincoln)

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.“

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

“Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.”

(Euripedes)

"There are no such things as strangers, only friends we haven't met yet."

(Anonymous)

"My best friend is the one that brings out the best in me."

(Henry Ford)

"A friend can tell you things you don't want to tell yourself."

(Frances Ward Weller)

True Friendships are Special Gifts that Last Lifetimes

By Jeff Wilson

"Savor your friendships as you grow old; many are silver, but one is pure gold."

This is sage advice for those who have been fortunate enough to find that one true friendship. Or perhaps you have maintained friendships from your days in elementary school. Whatever the case, friends are precious gifts . . . True Friendships.

How to Overcome Loneliness: 15 Techniques That Work Like A Charm

By Richard Hamon

Everyone feels lonely at one time or another. And it can be hard to make new friends in today's troubled and unpredictable world. The friends and acquaintances we have may be so busy and preoccupied they don't even notice how lonely we are. We may not tell them how we feel because we don't want to bother anyone . . . Loneliness.

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“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you. No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.”

(John 15:13-15)

“A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.”

(Proverbs 17:17)