Bible Verses About Best Friends
Bible verses about Best friends, from the Berean Standard Bible.
“A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.”
“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 despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.”
“For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!”
“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.”
“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.”
“Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.”
“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
“He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.”
“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.”
“Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed. The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”
“A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!”
“Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”
“For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you, that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.”
“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.”
“But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.”
“God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.”
“He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.”
“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.”
“And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.”