Bible Verses about “choosing your friends carefully”
The Bible contains 18 verses about choosing your friends carefully across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?”
“Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."”
“Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.”
“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.”
“Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.”
“For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.”
“A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.”
“A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
“One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.”
“Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:”
“lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.”
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.”
“Better is open rebuke than hidden love.”
“He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.”
“A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.”
“A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.”
“I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.”
“I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.”