best friends
What does the Bible say about best friends? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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24A man amiable to society shall be more friendly than a brother.
17Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress.
9Whoever conceals an offense seeks friendships. Whoever repeats the words of another separates allies.
17Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
28A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders.
10If one falls, he shall be supported by the other. Woe to one who is alone. For when he falls, he has no one to lift him up.
14He who takes away mercy from his friend, abandons the fear of the Lord.
26He who ignores a loss for the sake of a friend is just. But the way of the impious will deceive them.
24Do not be willing to be a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man, 25lest perhaps you learn his ways, and take up a stumbling block to your soul.
9Ointment and various perfumes delight the heart. And the good advice of a friend is sweet to the soul.
33Do not be led astray. Evil communication corrupts good morals.
9Therefore, it is better for two to be together, than for one to be alone. For they have the advantage of their companionship.
11Because of this, console one another and build up one another, just as you are doing.
31And exactly as you would want people to treat you, treat them also the same.
7Most beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
10Do not dismiss your friend or your father’s friend. And do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.
8But, before all things, have a constant mutual charity among yourselves. For love covers a multitude of sins. 9Show hospitality to one another without complaining. 10Just as each of you has received grace, minister in the same way to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
10loving one another with fraternal charity, surpassing one another in honor:
20Whoever keeps step with the wise shall be wise. A friend of the foolish will become like them.
4You adulterers! Do you not know that the friendship of this world is hostile to God? Therefore, whoever has chosen to be a friend of this world has been made into an enemy of God.