Bible Verses About Being a Friend
Bible verses about Being a friend, from the Berean Standard Bible.
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
“A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.”
“A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.”
“Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.”
“Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
“A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.”
“Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.”
“Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.”
“A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.”
“Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed. The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”
“And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.”
“He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.”
“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
“The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”
“Now when Job’s three friends— Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite— heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.”
“He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.”
“Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.”