Bible Verses About Friendship
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for friendship, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 32,259 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 Friendship
Proverbs 18:242,298 votes
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs 27:171,589 votes
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
John 15:131,584 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Proverbs 17:171,556 votes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-121,494 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
1 Corinthians 15:331,243 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
1 Thessalonians 5:111,173 votes
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Proverbs 27:9936 votes
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Job 6:14744 votes
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Proverbs 27:6722 votes
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs 13:20639 votes
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs 16:28623 votes
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
1 Peter 4:8-10568 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Proverbs 22:24-25547 votes
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Hebrews 10:24-25531 votes
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10512 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Proverbs 17:9499 votes
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Proverbs 12:26481 votes
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Luke 6:31434 votes
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
James 4:4426 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.
Romans 1:12414 votes
That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Proverbs 27:5-6380 votes
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
John 15:12-14364 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
1 John 4:7343 votes
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Proverbs 27:10337 votes
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
What does the Bible say about friendship?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 18:24 on the subject of friendship. Across 32,259 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 27:17, John 15:13, Proverbs 17:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.