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 who has friends must himself be friendly,
  But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
  Proverbs 18:24family
• Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
  John 15:13lovesacrifice
• For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.
  But woe to him who is alone when he falls,
  For he has no one to help him up.
  Ecclesiastes 4:10relationshipsneighbor
• Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
  For brethren to dwell together in unity!
  Psalm 133:1communityfamily
• He who covers a transgression seeks love,
  But he who repeats a matter separates friends.
  Proverbs 17:9forgiveness
• Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
  1 John 4:7loveneighborrebirth
• Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him.
  And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
  Ecclesiastes 4:12relationshipsstrength
• A perverse man sows strife,
  And a whisperer separates the best of friends.
  Proverbs 16:28honestygossiplying
• As iron sharpens iron,
  So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
  Proverbs 27:17relationshipsmind
• To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend,
  Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
  Job 6:14aweneighbor
• And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
  1 John 4:21lawlove
• Two are better than one,
  Because they have a good reward for their labor.
  Ecclesiastes 4:9relationshipswork
• Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
  1 Corinthians 15:33evilgoodness
• Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
  Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
  Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
  Proverbs 27:10familyneighbor
• For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established— that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
  Romans 1:11-12strengthencouragementfaith
• Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
  James 4:4sinGodworld
• God sets the solitary in families;
  He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;
  But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
  Psalm 68:6freedomobediencepunishment