The Bible can be a great resource for finding peace and guidance in many aspects of life—including when it comes to seeking friendship. These Bible verses about friends beautifully explain how precious and uplifting a devoted, mutually respected friendship can be when we treat each other with kindness and love. However, verses from the Bible are also a reminder that not everyone is a true, dedicated friend. There are some people with whom we cross paths that do not have our best interest at heart. Reading scriptures can help you gracefully navigate the ups and downs in those difficult relationships and inspire hope that true, treasured friendship isn’t as out of reach as it may seem at that moment. This collection of the best 50 Bible verses about friendship will make you appreciate how blessed you are to have wonderful friends in your life!
50 Bible Verses About Friendship
- “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” — Proverbs 17:17
- “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:11
- “And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.” — Luke 6:31
- “These people are friendly with us; let them live in the land and trade in it, for the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters in marriage, and let us give them our daughters.” — Genesis 34:21
- “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
- “Do not be deceived: ‘Bad company corrupts good character.’” — 1 Corinthians 15:33
- “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” — Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
- “He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.” — Job 6:14
- “Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.” — 1 John 4:11
- “A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.” — Proverbs 16:28
- “After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.” — Job 42:10
- “Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.” — Proverbs 27:5-6
- “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.” — John 15:12-15
- “Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.” — Proverbs 27:17
- “My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.” — Job 16:20-21
- “Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.” — Proverbs 22:24-25
- “Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that he was wearing, and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his belt.” — 1 Samuel 18:3-4
- “Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.” — Proverbs 17:9
- “Above all, love each other deeply because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” — 1 Peter 4:8-10
- “One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.” — Proverbs 12:26
- “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ.” — Galatians 6:2
- “One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” — Proverbs 18:24
- “Elijah said to Elisha, ‘Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Bethel.’ But Elisha said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.’ So they went down to Bethel.” — 2 Kings 2:2
- “Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.” — Proverbs 14:7
- “Just as lotions and fragrance give sensual delight, a sweet friendship refreshes the soul.” — Proverbs 27:9
- “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” — Romans 12:10
- “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!” — Psalms 133:1
- “When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.” — Job 2:11
- “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.” — Proverbs 13:20
- “Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests. An honest witness does not deceive, but a false witness pours out lies. The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.” — Proverbs 14:4-6
- “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.” — 1 John 4:7
- “Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.” — Proverbs 19:20
- “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” — Colossians 3:12-14
- “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” — John 13:34-35
- “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” — Hebrews 10:24-25
- “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” — Ephesians 4:32
- “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
- “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.” — Philippians 2:3
- “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
- “’Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’” — Matthew 19:19
- “One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.” — Proverbs 22:11
- “Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.” — James 4:11
- “But Ruth said.… ‘Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God.’” — Ruth 1:16
- “Here’s the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your earthly possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home.” — Luke 16:9
- “We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another.” — 1 John 3:16
- “Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.” — Romans 14:13
- “Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.” — Proverbs 15:22
- “When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them.” — Proverbs 16:7
- “No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.” — Joshua 1:5
- “And if one asks him, what are these wounds on your back? he will say, The wounds I received in the house of my friends.” — Zechariah 13:6 Next, test your biblical knowledge with these 300 Bible Trivia Questions and Answers!
