Top 25 Bible Verses About Friendship (NIV)

²⁴ A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

¹³ Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

¹⁷ As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

¹⁷ A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: ¹⁰ If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! ¹¹ Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? ¹² Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

³³ Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character."

¹¹ Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

⁹ Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.

⁶ Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.

¹⁴ "A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

²⁸ A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.

²⁰ He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

²⁴ And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. ²⁵ Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

⁸ Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. ⁹ Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. ¹⁰ Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms.

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: ¹⁰ If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!

²⁴ Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, ²⁵ or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.

⁹ He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

²⁶ A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

⁴ You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

³¹ Do to others as you would have them do to you.

¹² that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith.

⁵ Better is open rebuke than hidden love. ⁶ Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.

¹² My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. ¹³ Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴ You are my friends if you do what I command.

²⁴ Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, ²⁵ or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared. ²⁶ Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; ²⁷ if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.

⁷ Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.