100+ Powerful Bible Quotes About Love and Friendship for Inspiration

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." – 1 Corinthians 13:4

"Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins." – 1 Peter 4:8

"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God." – 1 John 4:7

"This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him." – 1 John 4:9

"We love because he first loved us." – 1 John 4:19

"Let your love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good." – Romans 12:9

"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." – Romans 5:8

"No one has greater love than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." – John 15:13

"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." – 1 Corinthians 13:7

"And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." – Colossians 3:14

"Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you." – Psalm 143:8

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons… nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God." – Romans 8:38–39

"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." – Proverbs 17:17

"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor." – Ecclesiastes 4:9

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

"There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." – Proverbs 18:24

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

"Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful." – Proverbs 27:6

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

"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves." – Philippians 2:3

"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you." – John 15:12

"Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone." – Colossians 3:13

"Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses." – Proverbs 27:6 (NIV)

"Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm." – Proverbs 13:20

"I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness." – Jeremiah 31:3

"The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: 'I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.'" – Jeremiah 31:3

"Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies." – Psalm 36:5

"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever." – Psalm 107:1

"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life." – Psalm 23:6

"Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail." – Lamentations 3:22

"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end." – Lamentations 3:22

"See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!" – 1 John 3:1

"Let us give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind." – Psalm 107:8

"Your love, O Lord, is in the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds." – Psalm 36:5

"I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations." – Psalm 89:1

"O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago." – Isaiah 25:1

"A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." – Proverbs 18:24

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

"Woe to those who are alone when they fall and do not have another to help them up!" – Ecclesiastes 4:10

"Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken." – Ecclesiastes 4:12

"He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm." – Proverbs 13:20

"Friends show love during trouble, not just in good times." – Proverbs 17:17 (CEV)

"You are my friends if you do what I command." – John 15:14

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

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

"Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." – Galatians 6:2

"Therefore encourage one another and build each other up." – 1 Thessalonians 5:11

"Encourage one another daily, as long as it is called 'Today,' so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness." – Hebrews 3:13

"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." – Ephesians 4:32

"Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone." – Colossians 3:13

"If you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you." – Matthew 6:14

"Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, 'Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?' Jesus answered, 'I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.'" – Matthew 18:21–22

"Love covers over a multitude of sins." – 1 Peter 4:8

"For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you." – Matthew 6:14

"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven." – Luke 6:37

"Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive." – Colossians 3:13

"Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs." – Proverbs 10:12

"Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance?" – Micah 7:18

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." – 1 John 1:9

"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice." – Ephesians 4:31

"How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!" – Psalm 133:1

"Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms." – 1 Peter 4:10

"Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching." – Hebrews 10:25

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

"So we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another." – Romans 12:5

"Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God." – Romans 15:7

"Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position." – Romans 12:16

"Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." – Ephesians 4:3

"Encourage one another and build each other up." – 1 Thessalonians 5:11

"Greet one another with a holy kiss." – Romans 16:16

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom." – Colossians 3:16

"Therefore encourage one another with these words." – 1 Thessalonians 4:18

"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her." – Ephesians 5:25

"Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord." – Ephesians 5:22

"Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." – Ephesians 5:31

"Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled." – Hebrews 13:4

"An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels." – Proverbs 31:10

"Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband." – 1 Corinthians 7:3

"They are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate." – Matthew 19:6

"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." – Genesis 2:24

"Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth." – Proverbs 5:18

"A man who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord." – Proverbs 18:22

"Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself." – Ephesians 5:33

"The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife." – 1 Corinthians 7:4

"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor." – Ecclesiastes 4:9

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

"Iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." – Proverbs 27:17

"A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; the one who finds one finds a treasure." – Sirach 6:14

"Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away." – Proverbs 27:10

"Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment." – Proverbs 18:1

"Brother helps brother, and one brother strengthens another." – Job 16:2

"Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family." – Proverbs 27:10

"The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern." – Proverbs 29:7

"A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." – Proverbs 18:24

"Woe to the one who is alone when he falls and does not have another to help him up." – Ecclesiastes 4:10

"In brotherly love, be tenderly affectionate to one another. Outdo one another in showing honor." – Romans 12:10

"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." – John 13:34

"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." – John 15:12

"If anyone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar." – 1 John 4:20

"For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" – Galatians 5:14

"And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands." – 2 John 1:6

"This is love for God: to keep his commands." – 1 John 5:3

"By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments." – 1 John 5:2

"If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love." – John 15:10

"Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law." – Romans 13:8

"Let all that you do be done in love." – 1 Corinthians 16:14

"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you." – Luke 6:27

"Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law." – Romans 13:10

"Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away." – Genesis 5:24

"No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends." – John 15:15

"Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness. He was called God’s friend." – James 2:23

"Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you." – James 4:8

"Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him." – Psalm 34:8

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." – Galatians 2:20

"You are my friends if you do what I command." – John 15:14

"Walk before me and be blameless." – Genesis 17:1

"He who walks with integrity walks securely." – Proverbs 10:9

"Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths." – Psalm 25:4

"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you." – Psalm 32:8

"My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me." – John 10:27