friends and friendship
What does the Bible say about friends and friendship? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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17Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress.
24A man amiable to society shall be more friendly than a brother.
17Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
13No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.
20Whoever keeps step with the wise shall be wise. A friend of the foolish will become like them.
6The wounds of a loved one are better than the deceitful kisses of a hateful one.
33Do not be led astray. Evil communication corrupts good morals.
26He who ignores a loss for the sake of a friend is just. But the way of the impious will deceive them.
28A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders.
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.
9Therefore, it is better for two to be together, than for one to be alone. For they have the advantage of their companionship. 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. 11And if two are sleeping, they warm one another. How can one person alone be warmed? 12And if a man can prevail against one, two may withstand him, and a threefold cord is broken with difficulty.
9Therefore, it is better for two to be together, than for one to be alone. For they have the advantage of their companionship. 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.
9Ointment and various perfumes delight the heart. And the good advice of a friend is sweet to the soul.
5An open rebuke is better than hidden love. 6The wounds of a loved one are better than the deceitful kisses of a hateful one.
12This is my precept: that you love one another, just as I have loved you. 13No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends. 14You are my friends, if you do what I instruct you. 15I will no longer call you servants, for the servant does not know what his Lord is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything whatsoever that I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you.