Bible Verses about Friendship

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• A friend loves at all times,
  and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.
  Proverbs 17:17 family relationships
• Some friends play at friendship
  but a true friend sticks closer than one's nearest kin.
  Proverbs 18:24 family
• No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.
  John 15:13 love sacrifice
• For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help.
  Ecclesiastes 4:10 relationships neighbor
• How very good and pleasant it is
  when kindred live together in unity!
  Psalm 133:1 community family
• One who forgives an affront fosters friendship,
  but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.
  Proverbs 17:9 forgiveness
• Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
  1 John 4:7 love neighbor rebirth
• And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
  Ecclesiastes 4:12 relationships strength
• Iron sharpens iron,
  and one person sharpens the wits of another.
  Proverbs 27:17 relationships mind
• A perverse person spreads strife,
  and a whisperer separates close friends.
  Proverbs 16:28 honesty gossip lying
• Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
  Ecclesiastes 4:9 relationships work
• Those who withhold kindness from a friend
  forsake the fear of the Almighty.
  Job 6:14 awe neighbor
• The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also.
  1 John 4:21 law love
• Do not be deceived:
  “Bad company ruins good morals.”
  1 Corinthians 15:33 evil goodness
• Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;
  do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity.
  Better is a neighbor who is nearby
  than kindred who are far away.
  Proverbs 27:10 family neighbor
• For I am longing to see you so that I may share with 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 1:11-12 strength encouragement faith
• Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
  James 4:4 sin God world
• God gives the desolate a home to live in;
  he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
  but the rebellious live in a parched land.
  Psalm 68:6 freedom obedience punishment