25 Bible Verses about Being A Friend

A man with friends must be friendly! A friend sticks closer than a brother.

A friend loves at all times. A true brother is born for adversity.

I no longer call you servants for the servant does not know what the lord does. I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

The righteous is a guide to his neighbor. The way of the wicked leads others astray.

The one who walks with wise men will be wise. A companion of fools will be destroyed.

Do not befriend an angry man. Do not associate with a man who throws fits. If you do you will learn his ways and you will become trapped.

Just as iron sharpens iron so one man sharpens another.

No man has greater love then this that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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

Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good morals.

David finished talking to Saul. Jonathan became David's closest friend. He loved David as much as he loved himself. Saul kept him with him that day and would not let him go home to his father's house any more. Jonathan made a covenant with David. He loved him as himself.

A perverse man sows discord. A whisperer separates good friends.

He who covers a transgression seeks love but he who gossips breaks up friendships.

Most men proclaim their own loyalty; but who can find a trustworthy man?

Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor. If they fall, the one will lift up his companion. Woe to him who is alone when he falls for he has no one 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 advantage, but that of the other [person].

Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded (uncertain) (doubter) (skeptic).

Without counsel plans fail. But in the multitude of counselors they are established.

Adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity (hatred) (hostility) toward God? Whoever would be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. All men will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.

The scripture was fulfilled which says: Abraham believed Jehovah and it was reckoned (imputed) (considered) (credited) to him for righteousness. He was called Jehovah's friend (Genesis 15:6) ( Isaiah 41:8).

As oil and perfume delight the heart so the sweetness of a man's friend delights his heart.

Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor. If they fall, the one will lift up his companion. Woe to him who is alone when he falls for he has no one to help him. If two lies down together they keep warm. How can one be warm alone?read more.
One can be overpowered by another, two can withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Above all things have intense love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.