Bible Verses about Friendship
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. | A friend loves 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. | A person of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. |
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. | Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends. |
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. | For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up! |
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! | Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to live together in unity! |
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. | One who conceals an offense seeks love, But one who repeats a matter separates close friends. |
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. | Beloved, let’s love one another; for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. |
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. | And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart. |
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. | As iron sharpens iron, So one person sharpens another. |
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. | A perverse person spreads strife, And a slanderer separates close friends. |
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. | For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not abandon the fear of the Almighty. |
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. | And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God must also love his brother and sister. |
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. | Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. |
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. | Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” |
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. | Do not abandon your friend or your father’s friend, And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away. |
For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. | For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established; that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine. |
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. | You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. |
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. | God makes a home for the lonely; He leads out the prisoners into prosperity, Only the rebellious live in parched lands. |
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