NIV Bible Verses about Friendship

Friendship is one of the most important aspects of our lives. Good friends support us, encourage us, and share our joys and sorrows. The Bible offers valuable insights into the nature of true friendship. In the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible, many verses highlight the importance of building strong, supportive relationships. In this blog post, we’ll explore NIV Bible Verses about Friendship that can guide us in nurturing meaningful connections with others.

NIV Bible Verses about Friendship

Proverbs 17:17 – “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.”

John 15:13 – “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

Proverbs 18:24 – “One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 – “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.”

Proverbs 27:17 – “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”

Proverbs 27:9 – “Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.”

Job 6:14 – “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.”

1 Thessalonians 5:11 – “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”

Proverbs 22:24-25 – “Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.”

Romans 12:10 – “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”

Proverbs 12:26 – “The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.”

1 Corinthians 15:33 – “Do not be misled: ‘Bad company corrupts good character.'”

Colossians 3:13 – “Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”

Proverbs 27:6 – “Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.”

James 4:4 – “You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.”

Luke 6:31 – “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

Proverbs 13:20 – “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.”

John 15:15 – “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”

1 Samuel 18:1 – “After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself.”

Proverbs 19:20 – “Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.”

Proverbs 27:10 – “Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you—better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.”

Ruth 1:16-17 – “But Ruth replied, ‘Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.'”

2 Timothy 1:3-4 – “I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.”

Proverbs 17:9 – “Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.”

Romans 12:15 – “Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.”

Ephesians 4:2-3 – “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”

3 John 1:15 – “Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name.”

Proverbs 25:17 – “Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house—too much of you, and they will hate you.”

1 Peter 4:8-10 – “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”

Proverbs 27:19 – “As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.”

Acts 2:44-47 – “All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”

Philippians 2:3-4 – “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”

Proverbs 14:20-21 – “The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends. It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.”

John 13:34-35 – “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

Proverbs 16:28 – “A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.”

1 Thessalonians 4:9 – “Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.”

Proverbs 27:5-6 – “Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.”

Galatians 6:2 – “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”

Job 42:10 – “After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.”

Proverbs 27:14 – “If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.”

1 John 4:7 – “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”

James 2:23 – “And the scripture was fulfilled that says, ‘Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,’ and he was called God’s friend.”

1 Samuel 20:17 – “And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.”

2 Kings 2:2 – “Elijah said to Elisha, ‘Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Bethel.’ But Elisha said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.’ So they went down to Bethel.”

Romans 16:4 – “They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.”

Proverbs 11:25 – “A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.”

Philemon 1:7 – “Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s people.”

Proverbs 22:11 – “One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.”

Acts 20:35 – “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 – “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

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