Manually curated best Bible verses about friendship from the Old and New Testament of The Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV).

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2. Here are 61 scriptures on friendship from the old and new
testament of the holy bible, King James Version (KJV).
Friendship Bible Verses from the Old
Testament
1. Proverbs 18:24 KJV
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and
there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
2. Proverbs 13:20 KJV
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a
companion of fools shall be destroyed.
3. Proverbs 22:24-25 KJV
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious
man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a
snare to thy soul.
4. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 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.
5. Proverbs 24:5 KJV
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth
strength.
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3. 6. Job 2:11 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.
7. Proverbs 27:5-6 KJV
Open rebuke is better than secret love. Faithful are the
wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are
deceitful.
8. Job 29:4-6 KJV
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God
was upon my tabernacle; When the Almighty was yet with
me, when my children were about me; When I washed my
steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
9. Proverbs 27:9 KJV
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the
sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10. Proverbs 17:17 KJV
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for
adversity.
11. Proverbs 12:26 KJV
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the
way of the wicked seduceth them.
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4. 12. Proverbs 15:22 KJV
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the
multitude of counsellors they are established.
13. 2 Kings 2:2 KJV
And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the
Lord hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As
the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.
So they went down to Bethel.
14. Proverbs 17:9 KJV
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that
repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
15. Proverbs 19:20 KJV
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be
wise in thy latter end.
16. Job 16:20-21 KJV
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto
God. O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man
pleadeth for his neighbour!
17. 1 Samuel 18:1-3 KJV
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of
speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with
the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more
home to his father’s house. Then Jonathan and David
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5. made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
18. Proverbs 20:6 KJV
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a
faithful man who can find?
19. Proverbs 22:11 KJV
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips
the king shall be his friend.
20. Proverbs 27:17 KJV
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the
countenance of his friend.
21. Proverbs 27:10 KJV
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy
calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a
brother far off.
22. Psalm 41:9 KJV
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did
eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
23. Ruth 1:17 KJV
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the
Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part
thee and me.
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6. 24. Amos 3:3 KJV
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
25. Job 16:20 KJV
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto
God.
26. Job 6:15 KJV
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the
stream of brooks they pass away;
27. Proverbs 27:14 KJV
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in
the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
28. Micah 7:5 KJV
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide:
keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy
bosom.
29. 2 Samuel 1:26 KJV
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very
pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was
wonderful, passing the love of women.
30. Proverbs 16:28 KJV
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth
chief friends.
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7. 31. Proverbs 25:19 KJV
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a
broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
32. 2 Samuel 10:2 KJV
Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son
of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And
David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for
his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the
children of Ammon.
33. Ecclesiastes 4:12 KJV
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and
a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
34. Proverbs 25:17 KJV
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be
weary of thee, and so hate thee.
35. Proverbs 11:13 KJV
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful
spirit concealeth the matter.
36. Psalm 55:12-14 KJV
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could
have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did
magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself
from him: But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and
mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and
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8. walked unto the house of God in company.
37. Job 6:14 KJV
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his
friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
38. Proverbs 27:19 KJV
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to
man.
39. Psalms 133:1 KJV
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to
dwell together in unity!
Friendship Bible Verses from the New
Testament
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1. John 15:13 KJV
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down
his life for his friends.
2. Colossians 3:13 KJV
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any
man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave
you, so also do ye.
3. Galatians 6:2 KJV
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of

9. Christ.
4. James 4:11 KJV
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh
evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of
the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou
art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
5. Philippians 2:4 KJV
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also
on the things of others.
6. Philippians 1:3-4 KJV
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in
every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
7. Romans 12:10-11 KJV
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in
honour preferring one another; Not slothful in business;
fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
8. Mark 12:30-31 KJV
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy
strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is
like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater than these.
9. 1 Peter 4:8-10 KJV
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10. And above all things have fervent charity among
yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. Use
hospitality one to another without grudging. As every man
hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to
another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
10. 1 Corinthians 15:33 KJV
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good
manners.
11. 1 John 4:7 KJV
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God;
and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth
God.
12. James 2:23 KJV
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham
believed God, and it was imputed unto him for
righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
13. Romans 12:15 KJV
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that
weep.
14. 1 John 4:21 KJV
And this commandment have we from him, That he who
loveth God love his brother also.
15. Luke 6:31 KJV
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11. And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to
them likewise.
16. Ephesians 4:32 KJV
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving
one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven
you.
17. James 4:4 KJV
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the
friendship of the world is enmity with God?
whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the
enemy of God.
18. Philippians 2:3 KJV
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in
lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than
themselves.
19. Hebrews 10:24-25 KJV
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and
to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves
together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one
another: and so much the more, as ye see the day
approaching.
20. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 KJV
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one
another, even as also ye do.
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12. 21. John 15:15 KJV
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth
not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all
things that I have heard of my Father I have made known
unto you.
22. Romans 5:10 KJV
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God
by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we
shall be saved by his life.
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