25 Bible Verses about Being A Friend

A man who has friends may be broken up, but there is a Lover who sticks closer than a brother.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for the time of trouble.

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master does. But I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked seduces them.

He who walks with the wise shall be wise, but a companion with fools shall be destroyed.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and you shall not go up with a man of fury, lest you learn his ways and get a snare to your soul.

Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the face of his friend.

No one has greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.read more.
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master does. But I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

Do not be deceived; evil companionships corrupt good habits.

And it happened when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as he did his own soul. And Saul took him that day and would not let him go home to his father's house any more. And Jonathan and David cut a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

A perverse man causes fighting, and a whisperer separates chief friends.

He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates friends.

Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he does not have another to help him.

Open rebuke is better than secret love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Let no one seek his own, but each one another's.

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners; and purify your hearts, double-minded ones.

Without wisdom, purposes are defeated, but by many wise men they are established.

Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. As I have loved you, you should also love one another. By this all shall know that you are My disciples, if you have love toward one another.

And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness, and he was called the friend of God."

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of one's friend by advice from the heart.

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he does not have another to help him. Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone?read more.
And if one overthrows him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

And above all things have fervent love to yourselves, for love will cover a multitude of sins.