A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17
Verses on what makes a good friend: loyalty, honest words and help in hard times. Some are short proverbs; others come from stories of friendship, like Ruth and Naomi or David and Jonathan. Read them here, or swipe through them one at a time.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!
Ecclesiastes 4:9–10
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:17
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.
Proverbs 27:9
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
John 15:15
But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
Ruth 1:16
And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:12
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Proverbs 13:20
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
Romans 12:10
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
1 Samuel 18:1
Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
Romans 12:15
The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs 27:6
I thank my God every time I remember you.
Philippians 1:3
And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
James 2:23
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
Proverbs 16:28
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
1 Corinthians 15:33
Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
1 Peter 3:8