A Biblical Treasury of Scripture for Friends

Enjoy this collection of wonderful Bible scriptures about friendships, for friends of faith. All passages are from the New International Version of the Holy Bible.

"He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends." -- Proverbs 17:9

"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." -- Proverbs 17:17

"A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." -- Proverbs 18:24

"Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended." -- Proverbs 22:10

"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." -- Proverbs 22:24,25

"Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses." -- Proverbs 27:6

"Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you - better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away." -- Proverbs 27:10

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." -- John 3:16

"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you." -- John 15:12

"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." -- John 15:13

"As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies on your account; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable." -- Romans 11:28

"Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves." -- Romans 12:9,10

"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality." -- Romans 12:12,13

"Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law." -- Romans 13:8

"Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law." -- Romans 13:10

"Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others."
-- Philippians 2:4

"Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ." -- 1 Peter 5:14

"This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; not is anyone who does not love his brother. This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another." -- 1 John 3:10,11

"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words of tongue but with actions and in truth." --1 John 3:16-18