10 Encouraging Bible Verses About Friendship
Top 10 Bible verses about Friendship
#1 Seek to become someone's true friend
Proverbs 18:24 NIV
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
#2 Walk With The Wise
Proverbs 13:20 NIV
He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harms.
#3 Sacrificial love for friends demonstrated by Jesus
John 15:13 NIV
Greater Love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
#4 Stronger Together
Proverbs 27:17 NIV
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another
#5 Seek to have loyal friendships that last when tested
Proverbs17:17 NIV
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity
#6 Choose your friends carefully
Proverbs 22:24-25 NIV
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared
#7 The power of two!
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NIV
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work; If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
#8 The Greatest Friend is God
James 4:8 NIV
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded
#9 A caution for friendship
Proverbs 12:26 NIV
A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
#10 Encouraging Bible verse about Friendship- Friends serve as advisor's
Proverbs 15:22 NIV
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
Having reviewed several Bible verses about friendship to write this article, I learned a few things. Friends need to be chosen carefully, loved, loyal, and relied about for advice to just name a few of the roles. I hope these verses spoke to your heart on friendship and encourage you to live by them.
Resources:
Holy Bible, New International Version
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22 Comments
Post a CommentI changed the friendship Bible verse on Proverbs to Proverbs 12:26. Thanks for pointing out the typo!
#9 is actually Proverbs 12:26, there's a typo there because there is no actual Proverbs 13:26.
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I have read these verses and moved by them. I have had a good friend come into my life and bring me out of depression. I was an alcoholic and a drug user. We are best friends now and stick by each other even when we don't see eye to eye. We have been through some hard time but our friendship has remained strong. I thank God for bringing him into my life cause I wouldn't have one if he wasn't around......angel
why. I needed a friend. I needed someone to help me out of the depression. There were so many things going on that I felt useless, as if I had nothing to offer. The only thing I had were my friends from college, and because of the depression and the way I handled my life at the time caused me to lose my friendships. I regret that day! I asked God go help me with the depression, and to show me how to be a better friend. He is helping me, but I know it will take time. For those of you who have experienced depression, don't turn to things that will not solve the problem. Your friends may not understand the way you are feeling even when you tell them. Seek help from God and even professional assistance if necessary. Living in a dark world of depression and ruining precious relationships is not worth your time.
Unfortunately, I have been a terrible friend within the past few months. I graduated college, and I entered a deep depression. Education was my whole world and all I knew at the time. Once college was over I became overwhelmed and scared. I missed my friends dearly and I was lost without them. Furthermore, my grandmother died, I did not pass my teaching exams, and I did not get into a grad program that I wanted more than anything. I began drinking excessively and placing myself with friends that are not what God wants for me. On top of all of this, my family was falling apart because of my grandmother's death. My mother was broken and she took her emotions out on many of my family members...which at times was not acceptable. I took a visit to meet with a friend from college. The trip turned out ugly because I caused a scene. I know that the breaking of the relationship was my fault. I feel awful and heartbroken. I went straight for the things to hurt her, and I am not quite sure
I can not honestly say, I know what a real friend feels like. I have had many say they were friends, but have cut me to the core. I have given out all that I had in me to give. I have one friend left that I feel is there for me. But God is the greatest friend anyone could ever have. I am hurt and angry about things I have experienced in friendship so now I am letting God pick my friends. I bumped on to this site as I was looking for definitions of friendship from the bible. It has helped me lot.
Diane, I read your post. Yes God is not for divorce, but he isn't for you being aboused either. You need to seek him as what to do, because many women think that God wants them to stay in abusive marriages just to say they haven't broken their convenant. But if you are being mis treated and abused you need to get out and save yourself. Many women tried to stay in abusive marriages and they ended up dead. Be prayerful in your next move, talk to God and see what he says. If he says stay, stay, but if he says leave do it!
Diane, I read your post. Yes God is not for divorce, but he isn't for you being aboused either. You need to seek him as what to do, because many women think that God wants them to stay in abusive marriages just to say they haven't broken their convenant. But if you are being mis treated and abused you need to get out and save yourself. Many women tried to stay in abusive marriages and they ended up dead. Be prayerful in your next move, talk to God and see what he says. If he says stay, stay, but if he says leave do it!
These sciptures blessed me...to the comment Diane left...I'm prayin for you...God is way maker, he can make a way when there is no way...I pray you peace through your storm
I married a man who decided 6 mos later he did not want Jesus in his life any more. He turned against me ,abused me mentally and physically,left me stranded many times. He has the title of chaplain but it is only to look good .He is a hot tempered man. I regret my marriage with him but as a christian God hates divorce. Please heed God's word or you could end up like me. Be friends first base it upon what the word of God says is a friend. There are 2 kinds of people in this world : ones that add to you as "iron sharpens iron" and ones who take away from you. Run from the ones who take away from you. My marriage dreams are dashed to the ground because of foolish choices and i am sad left with nothing right now.