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Bible Verses About Friendship
The Bible prizes loyal, honest friends, from David and Jonathan to Jesus calling his disciples friends. Verses for cards, notes or thinking about the friends you have.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
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Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
The greatest love lays down its life for friends.
John 15:13A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
A friend loves at all times.
Proverbs 17:17Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Two are better than one.
Ecclesiastes 4:9And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
A threefold cord is not quickly broken, often read as husband, wife and God.
Ecclesiastes 4:12And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
Ruth's vow of loyalty to Naomi, now a favorite wedding promise.
Ruth 1:16Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Be devoted to one another and honor one another above yourselves.
Romans 12:10He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Covering an offence builds love; repeating it splits close friends.
Proverbs 17:9Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Comfort each other and build each other up.
1 Thessalonians 5:11A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
As iron sharpens iron, friends sharpen each other.
Proverbs 27:17Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
A friend's heartfelt counsel is as sweet as perfume.
Proverbs 27:9Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend: honesty can be a kindness.
Proverbs 27:6Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Jesus calls his disciples friends, not servants.
John 15:15And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Jonathan loved David as his own soul.
1 Samuel 18:1Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
Job's friends travelled to mourn with him and comfort him.
Job 2:11He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Walk with the wise and you will become wise.
Proverbs 13:20Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Can two walk together unless they agree?
Amos 3:3Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Bear one another's burdens.
Galatians 6:2
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