I guess it speaks for itself
The Bible describes three close relationships between two people of the same gender. They appear to have progressed well beyond a casual friendship. The individuals are:
* Ruth and Naomi
o Ruth 1:16-17 and 2:10-11 describe their close friendship Perhaps the best known passage from this book is Ruth 1:16-17:
"Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me." (NIV)
* David and Jonathan
o 1 Samuel 18:1
"...Jonathan became one in spirit with David and he loved him as himself." (NIV)
"...the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul" (KJV)
o 1 Samuel 18:2
"From that day, Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father's house." (NIV)
o 1 Samuel 18:3-4
"And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt." (NIV) - now you all know they didn’t wear any underwear in those days right?
o 1 Samuel 18:20-21
o "Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law, in the one of the twain." (KJV)
o 1 Samuel 20:41
"After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with is face to the ground. Then they kissed each other and wept together - but David wept the most."
o 2 Samuel 1:26
"I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women."
* Daniel and Ashpenaz
o Daniel 1:9
"Now God had brought Daniel into favor and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs" (KJV)
* Ruth and Naomi
o Ruth 1:16-17 and 2:10-11 describe their close friendship Perhaps the best known passage from this book is Ruth 1:16-17:
"Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me." (NIV)
* David and Jonathan
o 1 Samuel 18:1
"...Jonathan became one in spirit with David and he loved him as himself." (NIV)
"...the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul" (KJV)
o 1 Samuel 18:2
"From that day, Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father's house." (NIV)
o 1 Samuel 18:3-4
"And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt." (NIV) - now you all know they didn’t wear any underwear in those days right?
o 1 Samuel 18:20-21
o "Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law, in the one of the twain." (KJV)
o 1 Samuel 20:41
"After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with is face to the ground. Then they kissed each other and wept together - but David wept the most."
o 2 Samuel 1:26
"I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women."
* Daniel and Ashpenaz
o Daniel 1:9
"Now God had brought Daniel into favor and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs" (KJV)