Bible verses about "friends" | ISV

³ Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as he loved himself.

¹² For it is not an enemy who insults me— I could have handled that— nor is it someone who hates me and who now arises against me— I could have hidden myself from him— ¹³ but it is you— a man whom I treated as my equal— my personal confidant, my close friend! ¹⁴ We had good fellowship together; and we even walked together in the house of God!

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. ¹⁰ If they stumble, the first will lift up his friend—but woe to anyone who is alone when he falls and there is no one to help him get up. ¹¹ Again, if two lie close together, they will keep warm, but how can only one stay warm? ¹² If someone attacks one of them, the two of them together will resist. Furthermore, the tri-braided cord is not soon broken.

⁹ As for my best friend, the one in whom I trusted, the one who ate my bread, even he has insulted me!

¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens a friend’s character.

¹⁴ You are my friends, if you do what I command you. ¹⁵ I don’t call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master is doing. But I’ve called you friends, because I’ve made known to you everything that I’ve heard from my Father.

²⁰ Whoever keeps company with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

³³ Stop being deceived: “Wicked friends lead to evil ends.”

¹⁷ A friend loves at all times, and a brother is there for times of trouble.

²⁴ A man with many friends can still be ruined, but a true friend sticks closer than a brother.

¹⁰ If they stumble, the first will lift up his friend—but woe to anyone who is alone when he falls and there is no one to help him get up.

¹³ No one shows greater love than when he lays down his life for his friends.