Bible Verses about “friends”
The Bible contains 16 verses about 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.”
“‹Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.›”
“Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.”
“¶ 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.”
“And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
“¶ 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.”
“Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone]?”
“¶ He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.”
“‹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.›”
“‹Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.›”
“Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.”
“For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] did magnify [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him:”
“But [it was] thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.”
“We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked unto the house of God in company.”