Bible Verses About Friends

“For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!”

“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.”

“He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.”

“Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

“For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide. But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend. We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.”

“Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.”

“A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.”

“A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.”

“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.”

“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.”

“Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.”

“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.”

“Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed. The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”

“You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.”

“The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”

“A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.”

“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

“Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”

“Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.”

“After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself. And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.”

“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.”

“You are My friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you. You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit — fruit that will remain — so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you. This is My command to you: Love one another. If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father. But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

“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.”

“Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.”

“My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.”

“A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!”

“He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.”

“A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.”

“For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!”

“Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.”

“Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.”

“For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

“Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.”

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”

“Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.”

“Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.”

“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. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

“Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about. They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul. Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered. I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother. But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing. Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.”

“Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.”