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Bible Verses About Friendship

12 verses from the World English Bible, quoted word for word.

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17
A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
Proverbs 27:17
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Proverbs 27:6
One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
Proverbs 13:20
Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
Proverbs 27:9
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
John 15:15
Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?
Amos 3:3
In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;
Romans 12:10

Verses quoted from the World English Bible (public domain).

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