16 Encouraging Bible Verses about Loving Your Friends.
16 Inspirational, Motivational, Uplifting & Encouraging Bible Verses, Scriptures, Quotes & Passages about Loving Your Friends.
See also:
13 Bible Verses about Godly Friendships;
The Blessing of Family & Friends;
11 Great Friendship Quotes & Bible Quotes;
10 Bible Verses about Living a Life of Love;
Seek To Do Good.
First, a quick reminder on the value of good friends:
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, NIV 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.
Proverbs 27:17, NLT As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
Now, let’s explore What the Bible says about Loving Your Friends. 🙂
I pray these Powerful Scriptures are a blessing and an encouragement to you and yours.
Keep Loving One Another, Keep Learning & Growing, Keep Smiling, and Keep Being a Blessing. May God bless and keep you always! 🙂 (Amen)
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~ 16 Encouraging Bible Verses about Loving Your Friends ~
Proverbs 18:24, ESV A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 17:17, ESV A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
John 15:13, ESV Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. (Bible Verses about Jesus Being Our Best Friend)
Proverbs 10:12, ESV Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
Ephesians 5:1, ESV Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
(Bible Verses about Imitating God)
Romans 12:9-10, ESV Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Romans 13:8-10, ESV Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
1 Corinthians 13:4-6, ESV Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. (Prayer: Dear Lord, Please Help Us To Truly LOVE One Another!)
Colossians 3:12-14, ESV Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
(See also: Humility, Gentleness, Patience, Love)
Ephesians 4:2-3, ESV …with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
(Speak words of life, not death. Gentle words bring life and health, but Harsh words break the spirit!)
1 Peter 4:8, ESV Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
1 Corinthians 16:14, ESV Let all that you do be done in love.
1 Corinthians 13:13, NIV And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
1 John 4:8, ESV Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Hebrews 13:1, ESV Let brotherly love continue.
1 Corinthians 13:8, ESV Love never ends.
*Daily Prayer: Dear Lord, Please Help Us To Truly LOVE One Another!
Psalm 143:10, NIV Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
*My Prayer for you today: May the God of peace be with you. (Amen)
*See also: Bible Verses When Friends Fail; Bible Verses about Loving Your Enemy; 10 Bible Verses about God’s great love for us; We are one body in Christ; We are His hands and feet; Love is not optional; Do everything in love; and Don’t Be Rude.
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Thanks for reading, Dear Friends!
Have a wonderfully blessed, stress-free, productive, and joyful day!
Much Love & Blessings,
Bomi Jolly ~ JollyNotes.com
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