Bible Verses About Restoring Friendship
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for restoring friendship, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,639 votes, led by Ephesians 4:32. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Restoring Friendship
Ephesians 4:32137 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
James 5:16117 votes
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Luke 17:3-478 votes
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Romans 12:17-2176 votes
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Proverbs 28:1356 votes
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Romans 5:1-1152 votes
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Proverbs 18:2441 votes
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
1 John 4:1140 votes
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
Matthew 5:4435 votes
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Proverbs 4:2330 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 16:2829 votes
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 6:2727 votes
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Proverbs 17:1727 votes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 22:24-2527 votes
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
1 Thessalonians 5:1127 votes
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Genesis 50:2026 votes
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Job 6:1426 votes
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Proverbs 27:926 votes
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Proverbs 17:925 votes
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Jeremiah 17:925 votes
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
James 4:425 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 12:2624 votes
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Proverbs 13:2024 votes
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs 27:1724 votes
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
1 Corinthians 15:3324 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
What does the Bible say about restoring friendship?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:32 on the subject of restoring friendship. Across 1,639 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 5:16, Luke 17:3-4, Romans 12:17-21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.