Bible Verses About Friends
When it comes to friends and family, the Bible has plenty to say. These verses can offer guidance, comfort, and inspiration for those seeking to strengthen their relationships with loved ones. Here are the top 99 Bible verses about friends and family:
1. Proverbs 17:17
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.”
2. Proverbs 18:24
“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
3. John 15:13
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
4. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: 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.”
5. Proverbs 27:17
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”
6. Proverbs 27:9
“Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.”
7. James 2:23
“And the scripture was fulfilled that says, ‘Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,’ and he was called God’s friend.”
8. 1 Samuel 18:1
“After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself.”
9. Proverbs 22:24-25
“Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.”
10. Proverbs 13:20
“Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.”
11. Proverbs 27:6
“Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.”
12. Colossians 3:12-14
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
13. Proverbs 16:28
“A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.”
14. Proverbs 27:5-6
“Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.”
15. Proverbs 27:14
“If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.”
16. John 15:15
“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.”
17. Proverbs 12:26
“The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.”
18. Proverbs 19:20
“Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.”
19. Proverbs 27:19
“As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.”
20. Proverbs 27:10
“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.”
21. Proverbs 11:14
“For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.”
22. Ecclesiastes 4:12
“Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”
23. Proverbs 14:20
“The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.”
24. Proverbs 27:18
“The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.”
25. Proverbs 27:21
“The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.”
26. Proverbs 27:23-24
“Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds; for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.”
27. Proverbs 22:11
“One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.”
28. 1 Corinthians 15:33
“Do not be misled: ‘Bad company corrupts good character.'”
29. Proverbs 27:16
“Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”
30. Ecclesiastes 4:11
“Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?”
31. Proverbs 27:12
“The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.”
32. Proverbs 27:15-16
“A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm; restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.”
33. Proverbs 27:22
“Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.”
34. Proverbs 27:11
“Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.”
35. Proverbs 27:2
“Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.”
36. Proverbs 25:17
“Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house— too much of you, and they will hate you.”
37. Proverbs 27:7
“One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.”
38. Proverbs 25:19
“Like a broken tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.”
39. Proverbs 25:26
“Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked.”
40. Proverbs 26:18-19
“Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death is one who deceives their neighbor and says, ‘I was only joking!'”
41. Proverbs 26:24-25
“Enemies disguise themselves with their lips, but in their hearts they harbor deceit. Though their speech is charming, do not believe them, for seven abominations fill their hearts.”
42. Proverbs 26:20-21
“Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down. As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.”
43. Proverbs 25:28
“Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.”
44. Proverbs 26:27
“Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.”
45. Proverbs 26:12
“Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.”
46. Proverbs 26:4-5
“Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.”
47. Proverbs 24:28-29
“Do not testify against your neighbor without cause— would you use your lips to mislead? Do not say, ‘I’ll do to them as they have done to me; I’ll pay them back for what they did.'”
48. Proverbs 24:17-18
“Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice, or the Lord will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away