Bible Verses About Making Friends

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning. Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.”

“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!”

“My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.”

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

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

“For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.”

“My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God. Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!”

“An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver. All the brothers of a poor man hate him — how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.”

“And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.”

“God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.”

“And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.”

“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. When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head. Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.”

“Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.”

“And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.”

“Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.”

“Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.”

“Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.”