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Bible Verses about “making friends

Found 29 verses (ordered by relevance) about “making friends” in the KJV version of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:33
452 votes

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

John 15:13
369 votes

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

Colossians 3:13
315 votes

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.

Romans 12:10
289 votes

[Be] kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

Ecclesiastes 4:9
244 votes

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

John 15:12
237 votes

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

Colossians 3:12
231 votes

¶ Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

1 Thessalonians 5:11
228 votes

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

Colossians 3:14
224 votes

And above all these things [put on] charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Luke 6:31
213 votes

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

Proverbs 27:17
207 votes

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

Ecclesiastes 4:10
199 votes

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.

Ecclesiastes 4:12
192 votes

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Proverbs 17:17
188 votes

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

Proverbs 18:24
183 votes

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

James 4:4
182 votes

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.

Ecclesiastes 4:11
156 votes

Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone]?

Proverbs 16:28
145 votes

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

Proverbs 13:20
142 votes

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

Proverbs 22:24
116 votes

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

John 15:15
111 votes

‹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.›

John 15:14
103 votes

‹Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.›

Proverbs 22:25
97 votes

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Proverbs 27:6
84 votes

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

Proverbs 27:9
45 votes

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

1 Samuel 18:1
41 votes

¶ And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Proverbs 12:26
40 votes

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

1 Samuel 18:3
36 votes

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 18:2
21 votes

And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.