30 Bible Verses Celebrating Beautiful Friends

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Ointment and perfume delight the heart, and the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel.

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering.

As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

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

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.

And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works.

Like the cold of snow in time of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the soul of his masters.

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you.

To him who is afflicted kindness should be shown by his friend, even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

The righteous should choose his friends carefully, for the way of the wicked leads them astray.

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.

For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up.

He who loves purity of heart and has grace on his lips, the king will be his friend.

For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.

Without counsel, plans go awry, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

Where there is no counsel, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so.

Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another.

As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Your friend is your needs answered.

The only time a friend is a friend is when they are not trying to make themselves better than you.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'

There is no friend as loyal as a book.