Bible Verses about Friendship
| A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity. | A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. |
| A person of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. | A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. |
| Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends. | Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. |
| 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! | 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! |
| Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to live together in unity! | Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! |
| One who conceals an offense seeks love, But one who repeats a matter separates close friends. | Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. |
| Beloved, let’s love one another; for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. | Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. |
| And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart. | And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken. |
| As iron sharpens iron, So one person sharpens another. | Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. |
| A perverse person spreads strife, And a slanderer separates close friends. | A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. |
| For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not abandon the fear of the Almighty. | He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. |
| And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God must also love his brother and sister. | And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. |
| Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. | Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. |
| Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” | Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| God makes a home for the lonely; He leads out the prisoners into prosperity, Only the rebellious live in parched lands. | God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. |
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