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.
“Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."”
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”
“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.”
“"This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.”
“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.”
“If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
“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.”
“Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?”
“A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.”
“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:”
“No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.”
“You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.”
“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.”
“Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.”
“A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.”