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Bible Verses About Friendship

Scripture about being and finding a true friend.

10 verses about being and finding a true friend, in the King James Version. Tap Copy to send one to a friend, or print the page for your fridge, journal or small group.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17 (KJV)
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 (KJV)
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 27:17 (KJV)
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 (KJV)
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 (KJV)
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Proverbs 27:9 (KJV)
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 (KJV)
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Romans 12:10 (KJV)
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
Job 2:11 (KJV)
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2 (KJV)

How to use these verses this week

  1. Pick one. Choose the verse that hits closest to what you are facing today.
  2. Write it down. Put it on your phone’s lock screen or a sticky note where you’ll see it.
  3. Pray it back. Turn the verse into a sentence to God in your own words.
  4. Learn it by heart. Our free memory verse flashcards make it easier.

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Questions

What is the best Bible verse about friendship?

Many people turn to Proverbs 17:17: “A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”

Which translation are these verses?

King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain in the United States, so you can copy, print and share them freely.