31 Bible verses about Friendship
James 4:4
4 Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
Ecclesiastes 4:10
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.
Romans 12:10
10 In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
Proverbs 18:24
24 He that maketh many friends `doeth it' to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs 13:20
20 Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
Proverbs 27:17
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Romans 1:11-13
11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
12 that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.
13 And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.
Proverbs 27:9
9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend `that cometh' of hearty counsel.
1 Corinthians 15:33
33 Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
1 John 4:11-13
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12 No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
13 hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Proverbs 17:9
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 16:28
28 A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
1 John 4:7
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
2 Samuel 9:1
1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
John 15:13
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Proverbs 27:9-11
9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend `that cometh' of hearty counsel.
10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Proverbs 17:17
17 A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 27:5-7
5 Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7 The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Matthew 19:19
19 Honor thy father and mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-11
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.
11 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm `alone'?
Ecclesiastes 4:12
12 And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
John 15:15
15 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.
Job 6:14
14 To him that is ready to faint kindness `should be showed' from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Proverbs 22:24-26
24 Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
25 Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.
26 Be thou not one of them that strike hands, `Or' of them that are sureties for debts.
Psalms 133:1
1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!
Proverbs 27:10
10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
Psalms 133:1-4
1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, That ran down upon the beard, Even Aaron's beard; That came down upon the skirt of his garments;
3 Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: For there Jehovah commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore. Psalm 134 A Song of Ascents.
John 15:12
12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
Psalms 68:6
6 God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
1 John 4:21
21 And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
Ecclesiastes 4:9
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.