Bible Verses About Friendship (27 Verses)
This collection has 27 Bible verses about friendship: 17 from the Old Testament and 10 from the New Testament. Proverbs appears most often (11 verses), across 14 books of Scripture.
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27 Bible Verses About Friendship
"A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity."
"A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."
"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
"A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."
"A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother."
"One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm."
"He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed."
"Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor."
"Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour."
"Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance."
"Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend."
"Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”"
"Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners."
"Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend."
"Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel."
"For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up."
"For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up."
"No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you."
"Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you."
"Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse."
"Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful."
"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God."
"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God."
"Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do."
"Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do."
“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
"To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty."
"A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends."
"A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends."
"And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms."
"And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. Use hospitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God."
"He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends."
"He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends."
"A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray."
"The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them."
“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.
"And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise."
"that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine."
"That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me."
"You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God."
"Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."
"Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger: lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul. Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?"
"Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?"
"Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him."
"Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him."
"Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me."
"Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me."
"Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man."
"As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man."
"Elijah said to Elisha, “Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel.” Elisha said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel."
"And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel."
"Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do. Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection."
"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness."
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible and the King James Version (both public domain), checked word for word against the full text. Updated October 2, 2026.
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This collection has 27 Bible verses about friendship: 17 from the Old Testament and 10 from the New Testament. Proverbs appears most often (11 verses), across 14 books of Scripture. What does the Bible say about friendship? Read 27 carefully selected Bible verses about friendship, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
Proverbs 17:17: "A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity." John 15:13: "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." Proverbs 18:24: "A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." Full collection: 27 verses on this page (63% Old Testament, 37% New Testament).
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