Bible Verses about Friendship

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• A true friend is one at all times,
  and a brother is born to render help in time of need.
  Proverbs 17:17familyrelationships
• Some friends can lead us to ruin,
  but a true friend is closer than a brother.
  Proverbs 18:24family
• No one can have greater love
  than to lay down his life for his friends.
  John 15:13lovesacrifice
• And if one should fall,
  his companion will help him up.
  How pathetic is the man who is alone and falls
  and has no one to assist him to his feet.
  Ecclesiastes 4:10relationshipsneighbor
• How wonderful and delightful it is
  for brothers to live together in unity.
  Psalm 133:1communityfamily
• One who forgives a misdeed fosters friendship,
  but he who divulges it separates good friends.
  Proverbs 17:9forgiveness
• Beloved,
  let us love one another,
  because love is from God.
  Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
  1 John 4:7loveneighborrebirth
• And where a single man can be overcome,
  two together will be able to resist.
  A cord with three strands is not easily broken.
  Ecclesiastes 4:12relationshipsstrength
• A perverse man sows strife,
  and a tale-bearer destroys close friendships.
  Proverbs 16:28honestygossiplying
• One who despairs should have the support of his friends
  even if he has forsaken the fear of the Almighty.
  Job 6:14aweneighbor
• As iron sharpens iron,
  so a man sharpens the wits of his neighbor.
  Proverbs 27:17relationshipsmind
• This is the commandment
  we have received from him:
  whoever loves God
  must also love his brother.
  1 John 4:21lawlove
• Two are better than one:
  they earn a far greater reward for their toil.
  Ecclesiastes 4:9relationshipswork
• Do not let anyone lead you astray. “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
  1 Corinthians 15:33evilgoodness
• Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your father,
  and do not run to your brother’s house when troubles befall you;
  far better is a friend nearby
  than a brother who is far away.
  Proverbs 27:10familyneighbor
• For I am longing to see you so that I may bestow on you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— or, rather, so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.
  Romans 1:11-12strengthencouragementfaith
• Adulterers! Do you not know that love of the world results in enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a lover of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
  James 4:4sinGodworld
• He gives a home to those who are forsaken
  and leads out prisoners amid chants of exultation,
  while rebels are forced to live in an arid land.
  Psalm 68:7freedomobediencepunishment