Bible Verses About Friend
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for friend, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,043 votes, led by Proverbs 18:24. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Friend
Proverbs 18:24113 votes
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
John 15:13102 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Proverbs 17:1786 votes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 27:966 votes
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-1249 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Proverbs 27:1748 votes
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
James 2:2342 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.
John 15:14-1538 votes
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
John 15:1237 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Proverbs 16:2834 votes
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 22:24-2534 votes
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Proverbs 22:1129 votes
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Proverbs 27:5-626 votes
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
1 Corinthians 15:3325 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
1 Samuel 18:1-323 votes
And 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.
Proverbs 12:2623 votes
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Matthew 18:1523 votes
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Proverbs 27:622 votes
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
James 4:420 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.
Proverbs 17:919 votes
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
John 15:12-1516 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
John 15:1415 votes
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
2 Kings 2:214 votes
And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Beth–el. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth–el.
Proverbs 13:2014 votes
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Isaiah 1:1-3114 votes
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
What does the Bible say about friend?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 18:24 on the subject of friend. Across 1,043 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 15:13, Proverbs 17:17, Proverbs 27:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.