Bible Verses about 'Friendship'

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means… James 4:4

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
James 4:4 sin God friendship
Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,
but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
Proverbs 17:9 forgiveness friendship

One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 friendship family
Do not envy the violent
or choose any of their ways.
For the Lord detests the perverse
but takes the upright into his confidence.
Proverbs 3:31-32 trust righteousness planning
A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
Proverbs 17:17 friendship family relationships
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
John 15:13 love sacrifice friendship
If either of them falls down,
one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.
Ecclesiastes 4:10 relationships friendship neighbor
A perverse person stirs up conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.
Proverbs 16:28 honesty gossip friendship
How good and pleasant it is
when God’s people live together in unity!
Psalm 133:1 friendship community family
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:7 love neighbor friendship
Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 relationships friendship strength
As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:17 friendship relationships mind
For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
Romans 5:10 Savior salvation reconciliation
Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Job 6:14 awe friendship neighbor
And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
1 John 4:21 law love friendship
Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor.
Ecclesiastes 4:9 friendship relationships work
Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
1 Corinthians 15:33 evil goodness friendship
Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you—
better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
Proverbs 27:10 friendship family neighbor
I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong— that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
Romans 1:11-12 friendship strength encouragement
God sets the lonely in families,
he leads out the prisoners with singing;
but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
Psalm 68:6 freedom obedience friendship