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Bible Verses About Friendship

8 verses from 4 books of the Bible

From the Book of Proverbs

Proverbs 17:17

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

Proverbs 18:24

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.KJV

Proverbs 27:6

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

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.KJV

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.KJV

From the Book of John

John 15:13

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.KJV

From the Book of Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; and hath not another to lift him up.KJV

From the Book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 18:1

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.KJV

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