43 Bible Verses about Friendships
Want to know what the Bible says about Friendships? Here are 43 Bible verses about Friendships 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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Ruth 1:16 NIV
But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.
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Ecclesiastes 4:12 NIV
Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
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Proverbs 20:6 NIV
Many claim to have unfailing love,
but a faithful person who can find?
but a faithful person who can find?
12
Proverbs 14:6-7 NIV
6 The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
7 Stay away from a fool,
for you will not find knowledge on their lips.
for you will not find knowledge on their lips.
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Proverbs 22:24-27 NIV
24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,
do not associate with one easily angered,
25 or you may learn their ways
and get yourself ensnared.
do not associate with one easily angered,
25 or you may learn their ways
and get yourself ensnared.
26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge
or puts up security for debts;
27 if you lack the means to pay,
your very bed will be snatched from under you.
or puts up security for debts;
27 if you lack the means to pay,
your very bed will be snatched from under you.
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Romans 12:10 NIV
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
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2 Samuel 10:2 NIV
David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.
When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites,
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Psalm 41:9 NIV
Even my close friend,
someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
has turned against me.
someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
has turned against me.
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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.
10
John 3:16 NIV
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.
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