Christian Friendship Quotes
Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends. ~Proverbs 17:9
To flatter friends is to lay a trap for their feet. ~Proverbs 29:5
The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense. ~Proverbs 27:9
An open rebuke is better than hidden love! Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy. ~Proverbs 27:5-6
Don’t befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul. ~Proverbs 22:24–25
There are “friends” who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother. ~Proverbs 18:24
A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need. ~Proverbs 17:17
A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends. ~Proverbs 16:28
Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. ~Ecclesiastes 4:9
“A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.” ~ Proverbs 27:19
“The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them.” ~ John 15:13
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? ~Matthew 5:43-46
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. ~Ecclesiastes 4:9–12
There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. ~John 15:13–15
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