Scripture passages about the faithfulness of friends, advice, and support.
15 Scripture Passages · Father’s Blessing Bible
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, and like a brother, is there in times of trouble.
Proverbs 18:24
Whoever wants to have friends must be friendly himself; and there is a friend who is more devoted than a brother.
Proverbs 27:17
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Ecclesiastes 4:9–12
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor: 10 For if one falls, the other will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is no one else to lift him up. 11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone? 12 Though one may be overpowered, two can stand against him; and a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
John 15:13–15
13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are My friends if you do what I command you. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from My Father.
Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
Proverbs 27:9
Oil and incense gladden the heart; so sweet is a friend to everyone with his heartfelt counsel.
1 Samuel 18:1–3
1 When David had finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and Jonathan loved him as himself. 2 From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return home to his father. 3 And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good morals.
Proverbs 13:20
Whoever associates with the wise will become wise, but whoever befriends fools will suffer harm.
Ruth 1:16–17
16 But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn back from following you. Wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God my God; 17 where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
Proverbs 27:10
Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your calamity; better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Proverbs 22:24–25
24 Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a hot-tempered person, 25 lest you learn his ways and bring a snare upon your soul.
Proverbs 17:9
Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
Proverbs 16:28
A perverse person sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
