85 Bible Verses about Making Friends
Want to know what the Bible says about Making Friends? Here are 85 Bible verses about Making 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 18:24 NIV
One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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1 Corinthians 15:33 NIV
Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
312
Proverbs 17:17 NIV
A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
306
291
Proverbs 13:20 NIV
Walk with the wise and become wise,
for a companion of fools suffers harm.
for a companion of fools suffers harm.
205
Proverbs 12:26 NIV
The righteous choose their friends carefully,
but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
202
John 15:13 NIV
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
196
Proverbs 22:24-25 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.
186
Proverbs 16:28 NIV
A perverse person stirs up conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.
and a gossip separates close friends.
159
152
Proverbs 27:6 NIV
Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but an enemy multiplies kisses.
but an enemy multiplies kisses.
123
Proverbs 27:5-6 NIV
5 Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
than hidden love.
6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but an enemy multiplies kisses.
but an enemy multiplies kisses.
119
Proverbs 17:9 NIV
Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,
but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
117
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.
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.
111
1 Thessalonians 5:11 NIV
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
109
Proverbs 27:10 NIV
Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you—
better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you—
better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
108
John 15:12-15 NIV
12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 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.
107
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 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.
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.
106
Proverbs 27:9 NIV
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the pleasantness of a friend
springs from their heartfelt advice.
and the pleasantness of a friend
springs from their heartfelt advice.
97
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.
97
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