40+ Bible Verses About How Friends Are a Blessing From God

Bible Verses About True Friends

1. A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. – Proverbs 18:24
2. A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. – Proverbs 17:17
3. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me. – Ruth 1:17
4. A loyal friend is like a safe shelter; find one, and you have found a treasure. – Sirach 6:14
5. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy. – Proverbs 27:6
6. A real friend will help you against your enemies and protect you in the fight. Never forget such companions in battle; share the results of your victory with them. – Sirach 37:5-6
7. Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find? – Proverbs 20:6
8. Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him. And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven. And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great. – Job 2:11-13

Bible Verses About a Godly Friendship

1. As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. – 1 Samuel 18:1
2. Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. – 3 John 1:5-6
3. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. – John 15:15
4. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. – Romans 12:10-11
5. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. – Colossians 3:13
6. I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. – John 13:34-35
7. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. – Romans 5:10
8. A person who fears the Lord can make real friendships, because he will treat his friends as he does himself. – Sirach 6:17
9. This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. We too, then, ought to give our lives for others! – 1 John 3:16
10. I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts. – Psalm 119:63
11. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. – Galatians 6:2
12. For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you – that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine. – Romans 1:11-12
13. Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? – 2 Corinthians 6:14
14. After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. – Job 42:10

Bible Verses About Making Friends

1. Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. – Proverbs 22:24-25
2. He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. – Job 6:14
3. He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend. – Proverbs 22:11
4. The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. – Proverbs 12:26
5. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. – Philippians 2:3-4
6. Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. – Proverbs 17:9
7. If you are polite and courteous, you will enjoy the friendship of many people. – Sirach 6:5
8. Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you – better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away. – Proverbs 27:10
9. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace. – 1 Peter 4:8-10
10. Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. – 1 Thessalonians 5:11
11. Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” – 1 Corinthians 15:33
12. Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. – Proverbs 13:20
13. Do to others as you would have them do to you. – Luke 6:31
14. When a man’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. – Proverbs 16:7