30 Bible verses about friendship
Are you looking for bible verses about friendship? Here are 30 Bible verses on friendship.
30 Bible Verses on Friendship
1. Proverbs 17:17
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.”
2. John 15:13
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
3. Proverbs 27:9
“Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.”
4. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
“Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.”
5. Proverbs 27:17
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”
6. Proverbs 18:24
“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
7. 1 Thessalonians 5:11
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
8. Proverbs 12:26
“The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.”
9. Colossians 3:12-14
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
10. Job 6:14
“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.”
11. 1 Corinthians 15:33
“Do not be misled: ‘Bad company corrupts good character.'”
12. James 4:4
“You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.”
13. Romans 12:10
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
14. 1 Peter 4:8-10
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”
15. Philippians 2:3
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.”
16. Proverbs 22:24-25
“Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.”
17. Proverbs 27:6
“Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.”
18. Romans 15:5
“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had.”
19. Proverbs 13:20
“Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.”
20. 1 John 4:7
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”
21. Proverbs 22:11
“One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.”
22. Proverbs 27:5-6
“Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.”
23. Hebrews 10:24-25
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
24. 3 John 1:15
“Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name.”
25. James 2:23
“And the scripture was fulfilled that says, ‘Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,’ and he was called God’s friend.”
26. Proverbs 19:20
“Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.”
27. Galatians 6:2
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
28. Proverbs 27:10
“Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.”
29. Luke 6:31
“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
30. Proverbs 16:28
“A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.”
