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Bible verses about friendship

True friendship in the Bible is loyal, honest, and sharpening — the kind that stays close in trouble and tells the truth in love. These verses celebrate the gift of a faithful friend.

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Proverbs 17:17 “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” Proverbs 18:24 “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.” Ecclesiastes 4:9 “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.” Ecclesiastes 4:10 “For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!” John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” Proverbs 27:17 “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”