Bible Verses about “restoring friendship”
The Bible contains 23 verses about restoring friendship across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
“Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
“If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.”
“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”
“Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.”
“Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.”
“And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
“And patience, experience; and experience, hope:”
“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”
“¶ A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.”
“‹Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.›”
“¶ Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:”
“¶ He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.”
“‹And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.›”
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.”
“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”
“¶ For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.”
“Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.”
“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”
“For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.”
“And not only [so], but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.”