Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'friend' occurs 61 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'friend' in the standard works and contain 24.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Luke 11:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 16:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 27:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 6:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 17:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 37 34 71
NT 16 20 36
Matt. 4 0 4
Mark 0 2 2
Luke 6 9 15
John 3 3 6
Acts 1 3 4
James 2 1 3
3 Jn. 0 2 2
BM 5 23 28
DC 2 26 28
PGP 1 2 3
TOTAL 61 105 166

Luke 7:6
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:

Luke 7:34
The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

Luke 11:5
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;

Luke 11:6
For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

Luke 11:8
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.

Luke 12:4
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

Luke 14:10
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

Luke 14:12
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

Luke 15:6
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.

Luke 15:9
And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.

Luke 15:29
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Luke 16:9
And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

Luke 21:16
And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

Luke 23:12
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.