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Want to know what the Bible says about Friends? Here are 60 Bible verses about 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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John 15:13 NIV
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
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Ecclesiastes 4:10 NIV
If either of them falls down,
    one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
    and has no one to help them up.
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Proverbs 18:24 NIV
One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
    but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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Proverbs 17:17 NIV
A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
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Proverbs 13:20 NIV
Walk with the wise and become wise,
    for a companion of fools suffers harm.
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Proverbs 27:17 NIV
As iron sharpens iron,
    so one person sharpens another.
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John 15:15 NIV
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
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Psalm 41:9 NIV
Even my close friend,
    someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
    has turned against me.
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Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 NIV
9 Two are better than one,
    because they have a good return for their labor:
10 If either of them falls down,
    one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
    and has no one to help them up.
11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
    But how can one keep warm alone?
12 Though one may be overpowered,
    two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
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Psalm 55:12-14 NIV
12 If an enemy were insulting me,
    I could endure it;
if a foe were rising against me,
    I could hide.
13 But it is you, a man like myself,
    my companion, my close friend,
14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship
    at the house of God,
as we walked about
    among the worshipers.
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1 Samuel 18:3 NIV
And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
58
Romans 1:8 NIV
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.
41
Proverbs 16:28 NIV
A perverse person stirs up conflict,
    and a gossip separates close friends.
35
Colossians 3:12-14 NIV
12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
35
Psalm 1:1 NIV
Blessed is the one
    who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
    or sit in the company of mockers,
34
Ecclesiastes 4:9 NIV
Two are better than one,
    because they have a good return for their labor:
34
Ecclesiastes 4:12 NIV
Though one may be overpowered,
    two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
32
Romans 12:15 NIV
Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
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