Bible Verses About Friendship

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

A real friend loves at all times and is there in the hard ones.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

The greatest love is the one that gives itself for its friends.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Friendship asks something of you too, and some friends stay closer than family.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

As iron sharpens iron, good friends make each other better.

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

Jesus calls His disciples friends, not servants, and tells them what He has heard from the Father.

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

Paul, writing to friends far away: every memory of them turns into thanks to God.

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

The Preacher praises companionship: two are better than one, they lift each other up, and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Many couples see God as the third strand.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

Before they said a word, Job’s friends sat with him on the ground for seven days. Sometimes being there is the help.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

Friendship in two movements: share the joy, and share the tears.

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Where the friendship of David and Jonathan begins: a king’s son and a shepherd, their souls knit together.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

Honest, heartfelt advice from a friend is as welcome as perfume.

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

Ruth’s vow to her mother-in-law Naomi, now a classic vow of faithful love: where you go I will go, your God will be my God.

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Carrying someone else’s burden is the law of Christ lived out, and it is meant to be shared, not carried alone.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

A true friend’s honest words can sting and still be faithful, while flattery can hide ill will. It is about truthful words, never permission to hurt.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

The people you walk with shape you: walk with the wise and you grow wise.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Paul quotes a saying of his day: the company you keep shapes the way you live.