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Want to know what the Bible says about True Friends? Here are 33 Bible verses about True 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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Proverbs 18:24 NIV
One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
    but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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John 15:13 NIV
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
173
Proverbs 27:5-6 NIV
5 Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.
6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
    but an enemy multiplies kisses.
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Proverbs 16:28 NIV
A perverse person stirs up conflict,
    and a gossip separates close friends.
113
Proverbs 17:17 NIV
A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
108
1 John 4:1 NIV
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
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Proverbs 20:6 NIV
Many claim to have unfailing love,
    but a faithful person who can find?
53
Romans 12:2 NIV
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is —his good, pleasing and perfect will.
50
Proverbs 11:14 NIV
For lack of guidance a nation falls,
    but victory is won through many advisers.
39
Philippians 1:7 NIV
It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me.
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