Bible Verses About Visiting Friends

And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:

Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

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.

Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.

But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.

For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.

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.

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.

Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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 the morrow after they entered into Cesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.

And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.

Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:

Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:

Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.

Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.

But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.