Bible Verses About Friendships

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

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

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

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

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

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

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

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

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

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.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

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

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

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.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

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.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.