Bible Verses about “best friends”
The Bible contains 23 verses about best friends across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.”
“As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.”
“[Be] kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;”
“Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.”
“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”
“¶ Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.”
“‹And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.›”
“¶ Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.”
“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.”
“¶ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”
“¶ A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
“¶ A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.”
“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.”
“A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.”
“¶ He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.”
“¶ Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:”
“Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.”
“Use hospitality one to another without grudging.”
“¶ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.”
“¶ Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.”
“¶ The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.”
“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.”
“¶ To him that is afflicted pity [should be shewed] from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.”