Bible Verses About Friends
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for friends, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,658 votes, led by John 15:13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Friends
John 15:13403 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Ecclesiastes 4:10309 votes
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.
Proverbs 18:24300 votes
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs 17:17278 votes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 13:20234 votes
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
1 Corinthians 15:33233 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Proverbs 27:17162 votes
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
John 15:15142 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.
John 15:14136 votes
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Psalms 41:9121 votes
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-1298 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Psalms 55:12-1489 votes
For 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 would have hid myself from him:
1 Samuel 18:358 votes
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
Proverbs 16:2846 votes
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Romans 1:841 votes
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
Ecclesiastes 4:940 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Colossians 3:12-1440 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Proverbs 12:2636 votes
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Ecclesiastes 4:1236 votes
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Psalms 1:134 votes
Blessed 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.
Proverbs 22:24-2534 votes
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Proverbs 27:934 votes
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
1 Samuel 18:131 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.
Romans 12:1531 votes
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
James 2:2330 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.
What does the Bible say about friends?
Readers most often cite John 15:13 on the subject of friends. Across 3,658 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ecclesiastes 4:10, Proverbs 18:24, Proverbs 17:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.