Bible Verses About Friendship: General references
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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Verses on General references
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.