25 Bible Verses about Being A Friend

A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.

The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends; ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;read more.
no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul. And Saul taketh him on that day, and hath not permitted him to turn back to the house of his father. And Jonathan maketh -- also David -- a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

The two are better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!

Better is open reproof than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

let no one seek his own -- but each another's.

draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

Without counsel is the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

'A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another; in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, 'And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;' and, 'Friend of God' he was called.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.

The two are better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up! Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?read more.
And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;