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Want to know what the Bible says about Choosing Friends? Here are 183 Bible verses about Choosing Friends from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Psalm 26:4-5 NIV
4 I do not sit with the deceitful,
    nor do I associate with hypocrites.
5 I abhor the assembly of evildoers
    and refuse to sit with the wicked.
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Proverbs 19:4 NIV
Wealth attracts many friends,
    but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.
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Proverbs 15:22 NIV
Plans fail for lack of counsel,
    but with many advisers they succeed.
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Proverbs 24:6 NIV
Surely you need guidance to wage war,
    and victory is won through many advisers.
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Proverbs 19:6-7 NIV
6 Many curry favor with a ruler,
    and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.
7 The poor are shunned by all their relatives—
    how much more do their friends avoid them!
Though the poor pursue them with pleading,
    they are nowhere to be found.
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Psalm 1:1 NIV
Blessed is the one
    who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
    or sit in the company of mockers,
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Proverbs 22:11 NIV
One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
    will have the king for a friend.
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Galatians 6:2 NIV
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
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1 John 4:8 NIV
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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John 14:6 NIV
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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