25 Inspirational Bible Verses About Friendships

The Bible has a lot to say about walking with a brother or sister in Christ. From helping you to learn how to choose the right friend or instruct you on how to maintain beneficial relationships, there are many things you can learn about friendships. These inspirational bible verses about friendships will help you to give and receive the right emotional and spiritual support today.

| 1 Corinthians 15:33

“Do not be deceived. Bad company ruins good morals.”

| 1 John 1:9

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

| 1 John 4:21

“And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.

| 1 Peter 4:10

“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.”

| 1 Thessalonians 5:11

“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.”

| Ecclesiastes 4:12

“Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”

| Galatians 6:2

“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”

| James 4:4

“You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.”

| Job 16:20-21

“My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; 21 on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.”

| John 15:13

“Greater love has no one than this, that somebody lay down his life for his friends.”

| Luke 6:31

“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

| Matthew 18:20

“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”

| Philippians 1:3-5

“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.”

| Philippians 2:4

“Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”

| Proverbs 12:26

“The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.”

| Proverbs 13:20

“Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.”

| Proverbs 16:28

“A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.”

| Proverbs 17:17

“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.”

| Proverbs 18:24

“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”

| Proverbs 19:20

“Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.”

| Proverbs 24:5

“The wise prevail through great power, and those who have knowledge muster their strength.”

| Proverbs 27:17

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”

| Proverbs 27:5-6

“Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.”

| Psalms 133:1

“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity.”

| Romans 12:10-11

“Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.”