What Does the Bible Say About Bff?

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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

John 15:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 6 helpful votes

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 12:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 22:24-25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

Proverbs 17:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

Psalm 119:63 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts.

1 John 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

2 Peter 3:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.

James 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Acts 15:36-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.” Now Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work. And there arose a sharp disagreement, so that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus, but Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord. ...

John 15:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

John 15:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

Luke 5:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And when he saw their faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

Ecclesiastes 4:9-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?

Proverbs 27:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.

Proverbs 27:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

Proverbs 16:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Psalm 55:12-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For it is not an enemy who taunts me— then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me— then I could hide from him. But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend. We used to take sweet counsel together; within God's house we walked in the throng.

Psalm 27:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!

1 Samuel 18:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 18:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As soon as 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. And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father's house. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

27 Bible Verses about Bff

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:24-25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 119:63 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 15:36-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 5:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 4:9-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 55:12-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 27:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 18:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 18:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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27 Bible Verses about Bff

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Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:24-25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 119:63 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 15:36-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 5:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 4:9-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 55:12-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 27:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 18:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 18:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes