Bible Verses about “friends and friendship”
The Bible contains 20 verses about friends and friendship 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.”
“‹This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.›”
“¶ 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]?”
“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:”
“‹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.›”
“Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.”
“Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.”
“¶ Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.”
“¶ 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.”