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What does the Bible say about making friends?

19 verses about making friends, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about making friends

Proverbs 18:24 — A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. 6 votes
Proverbs 17:17 — A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. 5 votes
Proverbs 27:17 — Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 5 votes
1 Corinthians 15:33 — Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. 4 votes
Proverbs 12:26 — The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. 3 votes
Proverbs 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. 3 votes
Proverbs 22:24 — Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 4:9 — Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 3 votes
Luke 6:31 — And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. 3 votes
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. 2 votes
Proverbs 16:28 — A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. 2 votes
Proverbs 27:6 — Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 2 votes
Proverbs 27:9 — Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel. 2 votes
John 15:12 — This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 2 votes
John 15:13 — Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 2 votes
Romans 12:10 — Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; 2 votes
Colossians 3:12 — Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 2 votes
1 Thessalonians 5:11 — Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. 2 votes
James 4:4 — Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 2 votes

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Proverbs (9), John (2), 1 Samuel (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Luke (1), Romans (1), 1 Corinthians (1), Colossians (1), 1 Thessalonians (1), James (1)

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