Bible Verses About Being a Friend
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being a friend, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 498 votes, led by Proverbs 17:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being a Friend
Proverbs 17:1739 votes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 16:2824 votes
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 18:2423 votes
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs 27:1722 votes
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 27:920 votes
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
John 15:1320 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Proverbs 17:918 votes
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-1218 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
1 Corinthians 15:3318 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
1 Thessalonians 5:1117 votes
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Proverbs 12:2616 votes
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Proverbs 22:24-2516 votes
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Job 6:1415 votes
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Proverbs 27:5-615 votes
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
James 2:2315 votes
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Proverbs 13:2014 votes
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Luke 6:3114 votes
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
John 15:1514 votes
Henceforth 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.
James 4:414 votes
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
1 Peter 4:8-1014 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-1013 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Proverbs 27:612 votes
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
John 15:12-1512 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Romans 12:1012 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Job 2:1111 votes
Now 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.
What does the Bible say about being a friend?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 17:17 on the subject of being a friend. Across 498 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 18:24, Proverbs 27:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.