13 Bible Verses About Friendship

13 Bible verses about Friendship to read, reflect on, and commit to memory.

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01 Proverbs 17:17 Key verse

A friend is loving through every season, and a brother is born to stand with you in trouble.

02 Proverbs 18:24

Someone with many companions may still be ruined, but some friends stay closer than a brother.

03 John 15:13

No one has a love greater than this: that someone lays down their life for their friends.

04 Proverbs 27:9

Scented oil and incense delight the heart; a friend’s sincere counsel is just as sweet.

05 Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

Two are better than one, since together they get a good return for their hard work. If one of them falls, the other can help that one up. But woe to anyone who falls alone, with no one else to help them up!

06 Proverbs 27:6

A friend’s wounds can be trusted, but an enemy’s kisses come in plenty.

07 John 15:14-15

You are my friends if you carry out what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, since a servant is not aware of what his master is doing. I have called you friends instead, because I have made known to you everything I heard from my Father.

08 1 Samuel 18:1

When David had finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan’s life became bound up with David’s life, and Jonathan loved him as he loved himself.

09 Proverbs 13:20

Spend time with the wise and you will grow wise; keep company with fools and you will get hurt.

10 Job 6:14

Someone in despair should have faithful love from a friend, even one who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

11 Proverbs 27:10

Never walk away from your own friend or from your father’s friend; and when trouble comes, you need not run to your brother’s house. Better a neighbor close by than a brother far away.

12 Proverbs 22:24-25

Do not make friends with someone hot-tempered, and do not keep company with those quick to rage, or you may learn their ways and set a trap for your own life.

13 1 Corinthians 15:33

Make no mistake: “Good character is ruined by bad company.”

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