Bible Verses about Friendship

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• A friend loves at all times,
  and a brother is born for adversity.
  Proverbs 17:17familyrelationships
• A man of many companions may come to ruin,
  but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
  Proverbs 18:24family
• Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
  John 15:13lovesacrifice
• For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!
  Ecclesiastes 4:10relationshipsneighbor
• Behold, how good and pleasant it is
  when brothers dwell in unity!
  Psalm 133:1communityfamily
• Whoever covers an offense seeks love,
  but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
  Proverbs 17:9forgiveness
• Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
  1 John 4:7loveneighborrebirth
• And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
  Ecclesiastes 4:12relationshipsstrength
• A dishonest man spreads strife,
  and a whisperer separates close friends.
  Proverbs 16:28honestygossiplying
• Iron sharpens iron,
  and one man sharpens another.
  Proverbs 27:17relationshipsmind
• He who withholds kindness from a friend
  forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
  Job 6:14aweneighbor
• And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
  1 John 4:21lawlove
• Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
  Ecclesiastes 4:9relationshipswork
• Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”
  1 Corinthians 15:33evilgoodness
• Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend,
  and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity.
  Better is a neighbor who is near
  than a brother who is far away.
  Proverbs 27:10familyneighbor
• For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
  Romans 1:11-12strengthencouragementfaith
• You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
  James 4:4sinGodworld
• God settles the solitary in a home;
  he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
  but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
  Psalm 68:6freedomobediencepunishment