30 Bible Verses About Friendship

Proverbs 18:24

One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

James 4:11

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.

Job 16:20-21

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.

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end, you will be counted among the wise.

John 15:12-13

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.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

Proverbs 27:9

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.

Psalm 133:1

How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!

Romans 12:10-11

Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

Job 42:10

After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

Colossians 3:13

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Ecclesiastes 4:9

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:

Proverbs 17:9

Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends

Proverbs 22:24-25

Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

Ecclesiastes 4:10

If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up

1 Peter 4:8-10

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

Job 6:14.

“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty

Philippians 1:3-5

I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.

Proverbs 13:20

Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.

Galatians 6:2

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2

Proverbs 27:10

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 12:26

The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Philippians 2:4

Not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

Matthew 18:20

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

Proverbs 27:17

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

1 Corinthians 15:33

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

Hebrews 10:24-25

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the day approaching.

John 15:15

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.