Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have…
Proverbs 27:17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
John 15:13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Proverbs 17:17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is…
Proverbs 18:24A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
1 Thessalonians 5:11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs 27:6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs 27:9-10Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel. Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake…
Proverbs 22:24-27Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. Be not thou…
John 15:14-15Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have…
Deuteronomy 13:6-9If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee…
Job 6:14-15To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a…
Job 16:20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Job 19:13-22He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have…
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms 35:13-14But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. I behaved…
Psalms 41:9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
Psalms 88:18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
Proverbs 1:10-15My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without…
Proverbs 12:26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Proverbs 17:9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Proverbs 25:17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
Proverbs 27:14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Romans 12:15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Galatians 6:2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
8 more verses that touch on it
Job 16:2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
Psalms 55:12-14For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I…
Psalms 88:8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Proverbs 11:13A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Proverbs 25:19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Proverbs 27:19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Amos 3:3Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
2 Timothy 4:16At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
Every verse is the King James Version, word for word. They are gathered from two topic books, Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897); the most loved come first, from readers' votes on OpenBible.info and the lists of the big Bible sites.
Questions people ask.
What does the Bible say about friendship?
The Bible speaks to friendship in verses such as Proverbs 27:17, “Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend”, and John 15:13, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (King James Version).
Which Bible verses about friendship are most loved?
Among the most loved is Proverbs 27:17, “Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.” Others are John 15:13, Proverbs 17:17 and Ecclesiastes 4:9-12.