Friendship is one of the most important values in the Bible. God calls us to be friends with everyone, even our enemies (Matthew 5:44). Friends are a source of strength and encouragement, and they can help us get through difficult times. There are a lot of biblical verses about friendship, and here are some of our favorites:
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Bible Verses About Friendship
Proverbs 18:24
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Job 6:14
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Romans 1:12
That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Proverbs 22:24-27
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?
1 Peter 4:8-10
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.
Hebrews 10:24-25
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 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. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
