What are some Bible verses about friends?

Answer  
  

Proverbs 18:24  

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.  
  

John 15:13  

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.  
  

Proverbs 27:17  

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.  
  

Proverbs 17:17  

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.  
  

Ecclesiastes 4:9  

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.  
  

1 Corinthians 15:33  

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”  
  

1 Thessalonians 5:11  

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.  
  

Proverbs 27:9  

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.  
  

Proverbs 27:6  

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.  
  

Job 6:14  

He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.  
  

Proverbs 13:20  

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.  
  

Proverbs 16:28  

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.  
  

Hebrews 10:24  

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.  
  

Proverbs 22:24  

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man.  
  

Proverbs 17:9  

Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.  
  

Proverbs 12:26  

One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.  
  

Luke 6:31  

And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.  
  

James 4:4  

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.  
  

Romans 1:12  

That is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.  
  

Proverbs 27:10  

Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.  
  

*Unless otherwise noted, all Bible verses are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® Copyright© 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.*  
  

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