10 Bible Verses about Choosing Friends

There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

Better is open protest than love kept secret. The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.

The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man: For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?

The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man. Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.