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Want to know what the Bible says about Choosing Friends? Here are 183 Bible verses about Choosing Friends from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Proverbs 28:7 NIV
A discerning son heeds instruction,
    but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
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1 Samuel 20:41-42 NIV
41 After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground. Then they kissed each other and wept together—but David wept the most.
42 Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever. ’” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.
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John 14:25 NIV
“All this I have spoken while still with you.
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Proverbs 19:27 NIV
Stop listening to instruction, my son,
    and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
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1 Timothy 3:7 NIV
He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.
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Genesis 2:18 NIV
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
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James 2:23 NIV
And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.
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Proverbs 17:3 NIV
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
    but the Lord tests the heart.
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Ephesians 4:32 NIV
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
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1 Timothy 3:15 NIV
if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
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