What Does the Bible Say About Friendship And Support?

1 John 4:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

John 15:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 16:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 12:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

1 Samuel 18:1-3 ESV / 3 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.

3 John 1:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.

3 John 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

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.

1 Peter 2:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.

James 2:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.

Colossians 3:12-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

Philippians 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

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.

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ...

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 27:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 22:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,

Proverbs 19:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

Proverbs 19:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Psalm 119:63 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

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.

Proverbs 27:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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

31 Bible Verses about Friendship And Support

1 John 4:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

3 John 1:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:12-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:1-39 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 27:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:63 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 55:12-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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31 Bible Verses about Friendship And Support

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1 John 4:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

3 John 1:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:12-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:1-39 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 27:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:63 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 55:12-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote