Bible Verses About Friendship
OT NT Scripture Quotes
Three of Job's friends - Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite - heard of the misfortune that came upon him. They set out from their own homes and journeyed together to offer their sympathy and consolation to Job. (Job2:11)
The just man guides his neighbor while the way of the wicked leads them astray. (Proverbs12:26)
Walk with the wise and you will gain wisdom; those who befriend fools become wicked. (Proverbs13:20)
Keep away from the fool for you will find no wisdom in his words. (Proverbs14:7)
The scoundrel stirs up trouble; his critical comments split up friends. (Proverbs16:28)
Whoever covers over a fault promotes friendships, but he who reveals a word divides friends. (Proverbs17:9)
A friend will love you at all times, a brother has been born to you for times of adversity. (Proverbs17:17)
Some friends only bring ruin, others are closer than a brother. (Proverbs18:24)
Listen to counsel and accept correction, and you will be wise in the end. (Proverbs19:20)
Many are called good but where can the trustworthy man be found? (Proverbs20:6)
He who loves purity of heart and speaks sensibly will find a friend in the king. (Proverbs22:11)
Do not befriend the angry man or be a companion to the one of rage, for fear you adopt their ways and lose your life in their midst. (Proverbs22:24-25)
Better an honest rebuke than false affection. Worthy of trust is the friend who speaks honestly; the enemy is he who multiplies caresses. (Proverbs27:5-6)
Oil and perfume gladden the heart; so too does the sweetness of friendship comfort the soul. (Proverbs27:9)
Iron is sharpened with iron, contact with a neighbor sharpens a man's wit. (Proverbs27:17)
Ruth replied, "Don't ask me to leave you. For I will go where you go and stay where you stay. Your people will be my people and your god, my God. Where you die, there will I die and be buried. May Yahweh deal with me severely if anything except death separates us." (Ruth1:16-17)
They return my friendship with slander, and yet I pray for them. (Psalms109:4)
Do to others as you would have others do to you. (Luke6:31)
This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. There is no greater love than this, to give one's life for one's friends; and you are my friends if you do what I command you. I shall not call you servants any more, because servants do not know what their master is about. Instead I have called you friends, since I have made known to you everything I learned from my Father. (John15:12-15)
Don't let yourselves be shaped by the world where you live, but rather be transformed through the renewal of your mind. You must discern the will of God: what is good, what pleases, what is perfect. (Romans12:2)
Love one another and be considerate. Outdo one another in mutual respect. (Romans12:10)
Be not seduced: Evil communications corrupt good manners. (1Corinthians15:33 DR)
Do not let even one bad word come from your mouth, but only good words that will encourage when necessary and be helpful to those who hear. (Ephesians4:29)
And so, because of our friendship, receive him as if he were I myself. (Philemon1:17)
The word of Scripture was thus fulfilled, Abraham believed in God so he was considered a righteous person and he was called the friend of God. (James2:23)
