31 Bible verses about Friendship

James 4:4

4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the 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; for he hath not another to help him up.

Romans 12:10

10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

Proverbs 18:24

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

Proverbs 13:20

20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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 may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

13 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.

Proverbs 27:9

9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

1 Corinthians 15:33

33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

1 John 4:11-13

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

13 Hereby know we that we dwell 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 repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Proverbs 16:28

28 A froward man soweth 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 born 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 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

10 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.

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 Open rebuke is better than secret love.

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Matthew 19:19

19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-11

9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

Ecclesiastes 4:12

12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

John 15:15

15 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.

Job 6:14

14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

Proverbs 22:24-26

24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

26 Be not thou 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; 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.

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 ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

John 15:12

12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Psalms 68:6

6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry 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 labour.

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