Love & Relationships
Bible Verses About making friends
19 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about making friends? Browse 19 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Proverbs 18:24 |
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| King James (KJV) | “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” |
19 Key Scriptures
“A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.”
“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
“Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.”
“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.”
“Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:”
“And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.”
Luke 6:31KJV
“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. destroyed: Heb. broken”
“The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. excellent: or, abundant”
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.”
“Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. comfort: or, exhort”
“A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. soweth: Heb. sendeth forth”
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
John 15:13KJV
“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”
James 4:4KJV
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.”
John 15:12KJV
“And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.”
“Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. by: Heb. from the counsel of the soul”
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; with: or, in the love of the brethren”
Romans 12:10KJV
“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;”
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. deceitful: or, earnest, or, frequent”
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